¹⁵ Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong,^(A) but always strive to do what is good for each other^(B) and for everyone else.

¹⁶ Rejoice always,^{(C) 17} pray continually,^{(D) 18} give thanks in all circumstances;^(E) for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

¹⁹ Do not quench the Spirit.^{(A) 20} Do not treat prophecies^(B) with contempt ²¹ but test them all;^(C) hold on to what is good,^{(D) 22} reject every kind of evil.

²³ May God himself, the God of peace,^(E) sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul^(F) and body be kept blameless^(G) at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.^{(H) 24} The one who calls^(I) you is faithful,^(J) and he will do it.^(K)

Thanksgiving and Prayer

³ We ought always to thank God for you,^(A) brothers and sisters,^[a] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.^{(B) 4} Therefore, among God’s churches we boast^(C) about your perseverance and faith^(D) in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.^(E)

⁵ All this is evidence^(F) that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy^(G) of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. ⁶ God is just:^(H) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you^{(I) 7} and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven^(J) in blazing fire^(K) with his powerful angels.^{(L) 8} He will punish^(M) those who do not know God^(N) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.^{(O) 9} They will be punished with everlasting destruction^(P) and shut out from the presence of the Lord^(Q) and from the glory of his might^{(R) 10} on the day^(S) he comes to be glorified^(T) in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.^(U)

¹¹ With this in mind, we constantly pray for you,^(V) that our God may make you worthy^(W) of his calling,^(X) and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness^(Y) and your every deed prompted by faith.^{(Z) 12} We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,^(AA) and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.^[b]