⁴ And ^(A)we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you.

¹⁰ and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, ^(A)that you increase more and more;

⁶ being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun ^(A)a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

^21 (A)Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

Light Bearers

¹² Therefore, my beloved, ^(A)as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, ^(B)work out your own salvation with ^(C)fear and trembling;

Forgive the Offender

³ And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, ^(A)I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, ^(B)having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

¹² Now those who are such we command and ^[a]exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ ^(A)that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

Warning Against Idleness

⁶ But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(A)that you withdraw ^(B)from every brother who walks ^(C)disorderly and not according to the tradition which ^[a]he received from us.

Plea for Purity

4 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus ^(A)that you should abound more and more, ^(B)just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; ² for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

^20 (A)teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am ^(B)with you always, even to the end of the age.” ^[a]Amen.