26 Then God said, "Now we will make human beings that will be like us in many ways. I want them to rule over the fish in the sea, over the birds, over all the ◄livestock/domestic animals►, and over all the other creatures that scurry across the ground." 27 So God created human beings that were like him in many ways. He made them to be like himself. He created some to be male and some to be female.

8 Late that afternoon, when a cool breeze was blowing, they heard the sound/footsteps of Yahweh as he was walking in the park/garden. So the man and his wife hid themselves among the bushes in the park/garden, so that Yahweh God would not see them.

12 What you can learn from what I have written so far is as follows: All people are sinful [PRS], and that is the result of Adam, the first man whom God created, sinning long ago. Adam died [PRS] because he sinned. So, all people who have lived since then die, because it is as though all people sinned when Adam sinned.

45 In the Scriptures it is written {we read} that when the first man, Adam, was created, he became a living human being. Christ later also became a human being. But he is different from Adam, because he became a person who gives us spiritual life. 46 But our bodies that God’s Spirit ◄will completely control/will give us► are not the first bodies that we have. We have our natural bodies first. 47 The first man, Adam, was created {God created the first man, Adam} from the dust of the earth. But Christ, the one who came later, came from heaven. 48 Everyone on earth has a body like the first man on the earth had. And in heaven, everyone will have a body like Christ, the man who came from heaven, has. 49 And just like God gave us bodies like the first man on earth had, so we believers will have bodies like Christ has, who is now in heaven.

1 "We humans are very frail.

We live only a short time, and we experience a lot of trouble.

17 ‘◄Does God consider anyone to be righteous?/No human beings can be righteous in God’s sight!► [RHQ]

◄Their creator cannot consider them to be pure./Can their creator consider them to be pure?► [RHQ]

17 "We human beings are not very important;

so, why do you pay a lot of attention to us [DOU]?

6 Someone spoke to God about this somewhere in the Scriptures, saying,

◄No one is worthy enough for you to think about him!/Who is worthy enough for you to think about him?► [RHQ]

◄No human is worthy enough for you to care for him!/Is any human worthy enough for you to care for him?► [RHQ]

24 Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us,

so ◄how can we <understand/know> what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot <understand/know> what will happen before it happens.► [RHQ]

22 You were taught {They taught you} that you must put aside [MET] your evil nature; that is, that you must not behave like you formerly did. Your evil desires deceived you, making you want to do evil things and causing you to think that doing that was good for you; and your thinking like that was destroying you spiritually. 23 Others taught you that instead, you must let God’s Spirit change the way you think, 24 and that you must start being [MET] the new persons that God made you to become. That is, your behavior must be righteous and truly/genuinely devout.

15 By dying [MTY] for us on the cross he made it no longer necessary for us to obey all the Jewish laws and rituals in order to be saved. He did that in order to enable the two groups to become one new group because of our relationship with him. The result was that he has caused us to have peace with each other.

11 But as for you, who are a man who serves God, ◄keep completely away from such love of money/do not be like the people who love money►. Decide that you will do what is right, and that you will ◄be godly/do what pleases God►. Decide that you will trust God, and that you will love others. Endure difficult circumstances. Always be gentle with people.

11 When we were children, we talked like children talk, we thought like children think, we reasoned like children reason. But when we grew up, we got rid of our childish ways [MET]. Similarly, you need to get rid of your childish thinking about the abilities that the Spirit has given you.

21 I say that because Yahweh sees clearly everything that we do;

he knows where we are going on the roads that we walk on.

1 People plan what they want to do,

but Yahweh is the one who decides [MTY] what really will happen.

5 This is also what Yahweh says:

"I will curse/condemn those who trust in human beings to help them,

those who rely on their own strength

and turn away from me.

7 Indeed, people who doubt should not think that the Lord God will do anything that they request him to do, 8 because they are people who cannot decide whether they will commit themselves to God, and they are unstable/undecided in everything that they do.

1 Do not rebuke/scold older men. Instead, exhort/advise them respectfully as you would exhort/advise your father. Exhort/advise younger men gently as you would exhort/advise your brothers.