¹⁰ to help you to determine what really matters, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless,

² Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.^[a](A)

¹³ And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.^[a](A)

²³ May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound^[a] and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.^(A)

¹⁸ and know his will and determine what really matters because you are instructed in the law,

¹⁰ Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.

Testing the Spirits

4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.^(A)

²¹ but test everything; hold fast to what is good;^(A)

⁶ I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete^[a] it until the day of Jesus Christ.

⁸ He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.