The New Testament in Modern English Quotes

“You can throw the whole weight of your anxieties upon him, for you are his personal concern.”
― J.B. Phillips, The New Testament in Modern English

“Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has fallen.”
― J.B. Phillips, The New Testament in Modern English

“Jesus spoke to the people again and said, “I am the light of the world. The man who follows me will never walk in the dark but will live his life in the light”
― J.B. Phillips, New Testament in Modern English: Student Edition

“For you are not just mortals now but sons of God; the live, permanent Word of the living God has given you his own indestructible heredity. It is true that: All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth: But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. The Word referred to is the message of the gospel that was preached to you.”
― J.B. Phillips, New Testament in Modern English: Student Edition

“It is true that no one has ever seen God at any time. Yet the divine and only Son, who lives in the closest intimacy with the Father, has made him known.”
― J.B. Phillips, New Testament in Modern English: Student Edition

“So the word of God became a human being and lived among us.”
― J.B. Phillips, New Testament in Modern English: Student Edition

“All who follow the leading of God’s Spirit are God’s own sons. Nor are you meant to relapse into the old slavish attitude of fear—you have been adopted into the very family circle of God and you can say with a full heart, “Father, my Father”. The Spirit himself endorses our inward conviction that we really are the children of God. Think what that means. If we are his children then we are God’s heirs, and all that Christ inherits will belong to all of us as well! Yes, if we share in his sufferings we shall certainly share in his glory.”
― J.B. Phillips, New Testament in Modern English: Student Edition

“The whole thing, then, is a matter of faith on man’s part and generosity on God’s.”
― J.B. Phillips, New Testament in Modern English: Student Edition

“Let your light shine like that in the sight of men. Let them see the good things you do and praise your Father in Heaven.”
― J.B. Phillips, New Testament in Modern English: Student Edition

“As far as we are concerned we do not wish to stand in anyone’s way, nor do we wish to bring discredit on the ministry God has given us. Indeed we want to prove ourselves genuine ministers of God whatever we have to go through—patient endurance of troubles or even disasters, being flogged or imprisoned; being mobbed, having to work like slaves, having to go without food or sleep. All this we want to meet with sincerity, with insight and patience; by sheer kindness and the Holy Spirit; with genuine love, speaking the plain truth, and living by the power of God. Our sole defence, our only weapon, is a life of integrity, whether we meet honour or dishonour, praise or blame. Called “impostors” we must be true, called “nobodies” we must be in the public eye. Never far from death, yet here we are alive, always “going through it” yet never “going under”. We know sorrow, yet our joy is inextinguishable. We have “nothing to bless ourselves with” yet we bless many others with true riches. We are penniless, and yet in reality we have everything worth having.”
― J.B. Phillips, The New Testament in Modern English