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But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you!

For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.

For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.

And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.

But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.