| So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. | So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. |
| Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. | Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. |
|
| Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. | See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. |
| Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. | Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. |
| But test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. | But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. |
| The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. | He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. |
