| So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. | So then, let’s not sleep as others do, but let’s be alert and 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 also are doing. |
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| 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 another with evil for evil, but always seek what is good for one another and for all people. |
| 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, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. |
| But test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. | But examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good, abstain from every form of evil. |
| The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. | Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will do it. |
