⁸ Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since ^(A)love covers a multitude of sins. ^9 (B)Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. ^10 (C)As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, ^(D)as good stewards of God's varied grace: ¹¹ whoever speaks, as one who speaks ^(E)oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves ^(F)by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything ^(G)God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. ^(H)To him belong glory and ^(I)dominion forever and ever. Amen.

¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

^12 (A)Put on then, as ^(B)God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, ^(C)compassionate hearts, ^(D)kindness, ^(E)humility, meekness, and patience, ^13 (F)bearing with one another and, ^(G)if one has a complaint against another, ^(H)forgiving each other; ^(I)as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. ¹⁴ And above all these put on ^(J)love, which ^(K)binds everything together in ^(L)perfect harmony. ¹⁵ And let ^(M)the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called ^(N)in one body. And ^(O)be thankful. ¹⁶ Let ^(P)the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, ^(Q)singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ^(R)with thankfulness in your hearts to God. ¹⁷ And ^(S)whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, ^(T)giving thanks to God the Father through him.

God of All Comfort

^3 (A)Blessed be the ^(B)God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and ^(C)God of all comfort, ^4 (D)who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.