¹² and may the Lord ^(A)make you increase and abound in love ^(B)for one another and for all, as we do for you, ¹³ so that he may ^(C)establish your hearts blameless in holiness before ^(D)our God and Father, at ^(E)the coming of our Lord Jesus ^(F)with all his saints.

A Life Pleasing to God

4 Finally, then, brothers,^[a] we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you ^(G)received from us ^(H)how you ought to walk and ^(I)to please God, just as you are doing, that you ^(J)do so more and more. ² For ^(K)you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. ³ For this is the will of God, ^(L)your sanctification:^{[b] (M)}that you abstain from sexual immorality; ⁴ that each one of you know how to control his own ^(N)body^[c] in holiness and ^(O)honor, ⁵ not in ^(P)the passion of lust ^(Q)like the Gentiles ^(R)who do not know God;

The Coming of the Lord

¹³ But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, ^(A)that you may not grieve as others do ^(B)who have no hope. ¹⁴ For ^(C)since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him ^(D)those who have fallen asleep.