²⁴ And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,

¹¹ Therefore ^[a]comfort each other and ^[b]edify one another, just as you also are doing.

¹⁸ My little children, ^(A)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

Concluding Moral Directions

13 Let ^(A)brotherly love continue.

¹³ For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only ^(A)do not use liberty as an ^(B)opportunity for the flesh, but ^(C)through love serve one another.

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another ^(A)in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

^8 (A)This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

¹² And may the Lord make you increase and ^(A)abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, ¹³ so that He may establish ^(B)your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

¹⁸ Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share,

^3 (A)Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.