I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

You

But we ask you, brethren, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Warn

For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

I do not write this to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.

That

namely, if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild or rebellious.

Unruly

For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, not doing any work at all, but acting like busybodies.

Be

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

So, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.

And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome, but he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, patient when wronged,

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort, with great patience and instruction.

He can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is beset with weakness.

Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves are also in the body.

General references

Therefore lift your feeble hands and strengthen your weak knees,