¹⁸ Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

²⁰ And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁶ Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.

¹⁷ And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.

¹⁵ Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name.

² You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.

¹⁵ It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.

Psalm 34^[a]

A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away.

²¹ He said,

¹⁷ And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.