⁹ Now as to the ^(A)love of the brothers and sisters, you ^(B)have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are ^(C)taught by God to love one another; ¹⁰ for indeed ^(D)you practice it toward all the brothers and sisters who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to ^(E)excel even more, ¹¹ and to make it your ambition ^(F)to lead a quiet life and ^(G)attend to your own business and ^(H)work with your hands, just as we instructed you, ¹² so that you will ^[a](I)behave properly toward ^(J)outsiders and ^[b](K)not be in any need.

Those Who Died in Christ

¹³ But ^(L)we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who ^[c](M)are asleep, so that you will not grieve as indeed ^(N)the rest of mankind do, who have ^(O)no hope.