So then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. | So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. |
Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do. | Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing. |
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See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all. | See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all. |
Always rejoice. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. | Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. |
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil. | But test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil. |
He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it. | The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this. |