KJV:
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
NASB:
Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.
KJV:
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
NASB:
But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
KJV:
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
NASB:
of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.
KJV:
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
NASB:
for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
KJV:
So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
NASB:
so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else,
KJV:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
NASB:
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.
KJV:
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
NASB:
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
KJV:
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
NASB:
so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,
KJV:
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
NASB:
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.
KJV:
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
NASB:
He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.