KJV:
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
NASB:
So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
KJV:
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
NASB:
Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that."
KJV:
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
NASB:
You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
KJV:
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
NASB:
Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.
KJV:
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
NASB:
but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
KJV:
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
NASB:
you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
KJV:
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
NASB:
and, "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE"; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.
KJV:
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
NASB:
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable.
KJV:
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
NASB:
For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,
KJV:
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
NASB:
In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives,