We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

so that ye became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia,

who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men [are] contrary,

because of this we were comforted, brethren, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,

for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?

and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger [is] the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,

for ye do it also to all the brethren who [are] in all Macedonia; and we call upon you, brethren, to abound still more,

all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

salute all the brethren in an holy kiss;

I charge you [by] the Lord, that the letter be read to all the holy brethren;