1 Thessalonians 5:10-22
5:10 He died
for us so that whether we are alert or asleep
we will come to life together with him.
5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.
Final Instructions
5:12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,
5:13 and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
5:14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.
5:15 See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
5:16 Always rejoice,
5:17 constantly pray,
5:18 in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
5:19 Do not extinguish the Spirit.
5:20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt.
5:21 But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.
5:22 Stay away from every form of evil.