⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

Plea for Purity

4 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus ^(A)that you should abound more and more, ^(B)just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;

¹⁰ and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, ^(A)that you increase more and more;

God’s Final Judgment and Glory

³ We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,