| Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. | Always rejoice. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. |
| Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. | Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do. |
| He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. | He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it. |
| See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. | See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all. |
| But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. | Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil. |
| And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you. | May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you. |
| For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. | For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever. |
| For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. | For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. |
| So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. | So then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. |
| For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God. | For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor, not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God. |
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