Final Greetings

¹¹ Finally, brothers,^[a] rejoice. ^(A)Aim for restoration, comfort one another,^{[b] (B)}agree with one another, ^(C)live in peace; and the God of love and ^(D)peace will be with you.

²⁰ “I do not ^(A)ask for these only, but also for those ^(B)who will believe in me through their word, ^21 (C)that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that ^(D)they also may be in ^(E)us, so that the world ^(F)may believe that you have sent me. ^22 (G)The glory that you have given me ^(H)I have given to them, ^(I)that they may be one even as we are one, ^23 (J)I in them and you in me, ^(K)that they may become perfectly one, ^(L)so that the world may know that you sent me and ^(M)loved them even as ^(N)you loved me.

^11 (A)Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,^[a] free; but Christ is ^(B)all, and in all.

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