6 Jesus said to him, "I am the road [MET] to where my Father is. I am the one who reveals [MET] the truth about God and the one who gives eternal life to people. I am the only one who can enable people to come to my Father. There is no other way.

14 The one who expresses [MET] ◄God’s character/what God is like► became a human being, and he lived among us for a while. As a result, we saw how wonderful he is. He came from God his father, and there was no other person as wonderful as he. He was wonderful because he always acted ◄kindly toward us/in ways we did not deserve►, and he always spoke truthfully to us about God.

4 Yahweh always does what he says that he will do;

we can trust that everything that he does is right.

5 Everything that God has said is true;

he is like a shield [MET] for all those who request him to protect them.

20 We also know that ◄God’s Son/the one who is also God► has come to us, and we know that he has enabled us to know God, the one who is really/truly God. So now we have a close relationship with God because we belong to Jesus Christ, the one who is the ◄Son of/man who is also► God. Jesus Christ is truly God, and he is the one who enables us to have eternal life.

7 But the truth is that it is good for you that I am going away, because if I do not go away, the Holy Spirit, who will ◄encourage/be like a legal counsel for► you will not come to you. But when I go, I will send him to you.

26 Later I will send to you from my Father the one who will ◄encourage/be like a legal counsel for► you. He is the Spirit who will teach you God’s truth. He will come from my Father. He will tell people about me.

27 As for you, God’s Spirit, whom you received from Christ, remains in you. So you do not need anyone to teach you anything else that they claim/say is the truth. God’s Spirit is teaching you all of God’s truth that you need to know. God’s Spirit is truthful and never says anything that is false. So continue to conduct your lives in the way that he has taught you.

24 God is a spiritual being. So it is necessary that those who worship him must worship him as his Spirit directs and according to God’s truth."

31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who now said they believed in him, "If you continue to live in accordance with my message, you will truly be my disciples. 32 Then you will know God’s truth, and as a result of your believing his truth, he [PRS] will free you from being controlled by the one who has made you his slaves."

30 I have decided that I will faithfully/always obey you;

I have ◄paid attention to/heeded► ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►.

5 Teach me to conduct my life by obeying your truth

because you are my God, the one who saves me.

All the time I trust in you.

15 ◄Do your best/Try hard► to be the kind of person that God will approve of. Be like a good worker as you teach the true message accurately. If a worker works well, he will not need to be ashamed of (OR, will be pleased about) what he does.

18 And because he wanted to help us, he gave us spiritual life as a result of our trusting in his true message. So now we have become the first ones of all the people [MET] that he created to ◄be totally dedicated to/completely belong to► him.

15 Instead, by loving others as we behave as God’s truth requires (OR, speak in a loving manner what is true), we will become more and more like Christ in every way. He is the one who controls/guides all his people [MET], just like a person’s head controls/guides his body.

8 My fellow believers, there is one more thing I want you to do. Whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is right, whatever is morally pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is admirable, whatever is good, whatever deserves praise, those are the things that you should continually think about.

2 Only those who always do what is right and do not sin may do that.

They always say what is true

3 and they do not slander others.

They do not do to others things that are wrong,

and they do not say bad things about others.

13 do not say anything that is evil!

Do not tell lies!

32 Righteous people [MTY] know what to say that is acceptable,

but wicked people [MTY] are constantly saying things that are not true.

24 Do not say anything that deceives others

and never say what is not true.

12 Also, my fellow believers, I want to say something important about how you talk. If you say that you will do something, do not say, "If I do not do it, may God in heaven [MTY] punish me." Do not even say, "If I do not do it, may someone here on earth [MTY] punish me." Do not say anything like that. Instead, if you say "Yes," then do what you said that you would do. If you say "No," then do not do it. Otherwise, God will condemn you.

18 I say to all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that we love our fellow believers! Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things to help them!

6 If we claim to have a close relationship with God, but we conduct our lives in an impure manner, that is like living [MET] in evil darkness. We are lying. We are not conducting our lives according to God’s true message.

4 I am very happy when I hear that ◄people whom I helped to believe in Christ/my spiritual children► are conducting their lives like you are!

1 It is because people trust God that they are sure that they will receive the things that they confidently expect God to give them. They are also certain that they will see those things, though no one sees them yet.