- So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
- Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.
- See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
- Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
- But test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil.
- The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.
This God—his way is perfect;
the promise of the Lord proves true;
he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.