Earth Shaking, Doors Opening, & Breaking Free! Acts16:26

 

Translation of some verses from Amplified Bible To King James Bible

Amplified Bible

Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob or defraud God? Yet you rob and defraud Me. But you say, In what way do we rob or defraud You? [You have withheld your] tithes and offerings.

King James Bible

Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me, but ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.  

Amplified Bible

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men that they see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.

King James Bible

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Amplified Bible

Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you that everyone who so much as looks at a women with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

King James Bible

Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a women to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Amplified Bible

Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

King James Bible

Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Amplified Bible

Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in).

King James Bible

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other, Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Amplified Bible

Matthew 10:22 And you will be hated by all for My name's sake, but he who perseveres and endures to the end will be saved [from spiritual disease and death in the world to come].

King James Bible

Matthew 10:22 and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Amplified Bible

Matthew 26:41 All of you must keep awake (give strict attention, be cautious and active) and watch and pray, that you may not come into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

King James Bible

Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Amplified Bible

Mark 11:25-26 And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him and let it drop (leave it, let it go), in order that your Father Who is in heaven may also forgive your [own] failings and shortcomings and let them drop.

But if you do not forgive, neither will your father in heaven forgive your failings and shortcomings.

King James Bible

Mark 11:25-26 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Amplified Bible

John 3:5 Jesus Answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is born of water and the spirit, he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.

King James Bible

John 3:5 Jesus answered, verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Amplified Bible

John 3:16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [Even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trust in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

King James

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Amplified bible

John 10:30 I and the Father are One.

King James

John 10:30 I am my Father are ONE.

Amplified

John 15:19 If you belong to the world, the world would treat you with affection and would love you as its own, but because you are not of the world [no longer on with it] but I have chosen [selected] you out of the world, the world hates [detests] you.

King James

John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Amplified Bible

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled (diffused throughout their souls) with the Holy Ghost and began to speak in other (different, foreign) languages (tongues), as the Spirit kept giving them clear and loud expression [in each tongue in appropriate words].

King James Bible

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Amplified Bible

Acts 2:38 And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

King James Bible

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Amplified Bible

Romans 1:32 Though they are fully aware of God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them themselves but approve and applaud others who practice them.

King James Bible

Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Amplified Bible

Romans 8:8 So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him.

King James Bible

Romans 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Amplified

Romans 8:28 we are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [HIS] design and purpose.

King James

Romans 8:28 and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Amplified Bible

Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

King James Bible

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Amplified Bible

Romans 12:20-21 But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will heap burning colas upon his head.

Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome (master) evil with good.

King James Bible

Romans 12:20-21 Therefore if thine enemy hungry, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Amplified Bible

1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote you in my [previous] letter not to associate [closely and habitually] with unchaste (impure) people

King James

1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote to you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

Amplified Bible

1 Corinthians 10:13 For no temptation (no trial regarded and enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently.

King James Bible

1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Amplified

2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mistakes alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith] For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with Darkness?

King James

2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?

Amplified

2 Corinthians 6:17 So, come out from among [unbelievers], and separate (sever) yourselves from them, says the Lord, and touch not [any] unclean thing; then I will receive you kindly and treat you with favor.

King James

2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean things; and I will receive you.

Amplified Bible

Galatians 5:17 For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the [holy] spirit, and the [desire or the] spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonists to each other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you are not to free but prevented from doing what you desire to do.

King James

Galatians 5:17 for the flesh lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Amplified

Ephesians 4:17 so this I say and solemnly testify in [the name of] the Lord [as in His presence] that you must no longer live as the heathen (the gentiles) do in their perverseness [in the folly, vanity, and emptiness of their souls and the futility] of their minds.

King James

Ephesians 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other gentiles walk, in the vanity of their minds.

Amplified Bible

Ephesians 4:23-24 And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God's image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness.

King James Bible

Ephesians 4:23-24 And be renewed of the Spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Amplified Bible

Ephesians 4:26-27 When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down.

Leave no [such] room or foothold for the devil [give no opportunity to him].

King James

Ephesians 4:26-27 Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath;

Neither give place to the devil.

Amplified

Ephesians 4:29 Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word, nor unwholesome, or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (Gods favor) to those who hear it.

King James

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Amplified

Ephesians 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery: but be filled and stimulated with the Holy Spirit.

King James

Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with the spirit.

Amplified Bible

Philippians 4:13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].

King James Bible

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Amplified

Colossians 3:2/5/8

2. And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things) not on things that are on the earth

5. So kill (deaden, deprive of power) the evil desire lurking in your members [those animal impulses and all that is earthly in you that is employed in sin]: sexual vice, impurity, sensual appetites, unholy desires, and all greed and covetousness, for that is idolatry (the deifying of self and other created things instead of God)

8. But now put away and rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, bad feeling toward others, curses and slander, and foulmouthed abuse and shameful utterances from your lips.

King James

Colossians 3:2/5/8

2. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

5. Mortify therefore your members, which are upon earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

8. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Amplified Bible

1Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice (sexual acts before marriage)

King James

1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication

Amplified Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from evil [shrink from it and keep aloof from it] in whatever form or whatever kind it may be.

King James Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Amplified Bible

1 Timothy 4:8 For physical training is of some value (useful for a little), but godliness (spiritual training) is useful and of value is everything and every way, for it holds promise for the present life and also for the life which is to come.

King James Bible

1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little; but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Amplified

2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (or cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear) but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline self control.

King James

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not giveth us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Amplified Bible

2 Timothy 2:22 Shun youthful lusts and flee from them, and aim at and pursue righteousness (all that is virtuous and good; right living. conformity to the will of God in thought, word, and deed); [and aim at and pursue] faith, love, [and] peace (harmony and concord with others) in fellowship with all [Christians], who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

King James Bible

2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of pure heart.

Amplified Bible

Titus 2:12-13 It has trained us to reject and renounce all ungodliness (irreligion) and worldly (passionate) desires, to live discreet (temperate, self-controlled), upright, devout (spiritually whole) lives in this present world,

Awaiting and looking for the [fulfillment, the realization of out] blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One)

King James Bible

Titus 2:12-13 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lust, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world:

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;

Amplified Bible

Hebrews 11:1 NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].

King James Bible

Hebrews 11:1 NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

 

Amplified Bible

Hebrews 12:14 Strive to live in peace with everybody and pursue that consecration and holiness without which no one will [ever] see the Lord.

King James Bible

Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.

Amplified Bible

Hebrews 13:5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down.

King James Bible

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Amplified Bible

James 1:14-15 But everyone is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desires [lust, passion] then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death.

King James Bible

James 1:14-15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away from his own lust, and enticed: then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Amplified Bible

James 2:26 For as the human body apart from the spirit is lifeless, so faith apart from [its] works of obedience is also dead.

King James Bible

James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Amplified Bible

James 4:4 You [are like] unfaithful wives [having illicit love affairs with the world and breaking your marriage vow to God] Do you not know that being the worlds friend is being God's enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world takes his hand as an enemy of God.

King James Bible

James 4:4 Ye Adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is the enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Amplified Bible

James 5:16 Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].

King James Bible

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Amplified Bible

1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I implore you as aliens and strangers and exiles [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges {the evil desires, the passions of the flesh, your lower nature} that wage against the soul.

King James Bible

1 Peter 2:11 Dearly Beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshy lusts, which war against the soul.

Amplified Bible

1 Peter 3:9 Never return evil for evil or insult for insult (scolding, tongue-lashing, berating), but on the contrary blessing [praying for their welfare, happiness, and protection, and truly pitying and loving them]. For know that to this you have been called, that you may yourselves inherit a blessing [from God--that you may obtain a blessing as heirs, bringing welfare and happiness and protection].

King James Bible

1 Peter 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Amplified Bible

2 Peter 2:21 For never to have obtained a [full, personal] knowledge of the way of righteousness would have been better for them than, having obtained [such knowledge], to turn back from the holy commandment which was [verbally] delivered to them.

King James Bible

2 Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Amplified

1 John 2:4 whoever says I know HIM [I perceive, recognize, understand, and am acquainted with HIM] but fails to keep and obey His commandments (teachings) is a Liar, and the truth [of the Gospel] is not in him.

King James

1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know HIM, and keepeth not HIS commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Amplified

1 John 2:15-17 Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world, if anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in Him

For all that is in the world- the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of the life [assurance in one's own resources or in the stability of earthly things]----these do not come from the Father but are from the world [Itself.]

And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever.

King James

1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Amplified Bible

1 John 3:8 [But] he who commits sin [who practice evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].

Kind James Bible

1 John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Amplified Bible

1 John 4:8-10 He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is Love.

In this the love of God was made manifest (displayed) where we are concerned; in that God sent His Son, the only begotten or unique [Son], into the world so that we might live through Him.

In this is Love; not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins.

Kind James Bible

1 John 4:8-10 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is Love.

In this was manifested the Love of God toward us, because that God send his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

Herein is Love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Amplified Bible

1 John 5:7-8 So there are three witnesses in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.

and there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water and the Blood; and these three agree [are in unison; their testimony coincides].

King James Bible

1 John 5:7-8 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

Amplified Bible

Revelation 3:15-17 I know your [record of] works and what you are doing; you are neither cold or hot. Would that you were cold or hot!!

So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold or hot, I will spew you out of MY mouth!!

For you say, I am rich; I have prospered and grown wealthy, and I am in need of nothing; and you do not realize and understand that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

King James Bible

Revelation 3:15-17 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: