I request (urge) (implore) you brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

You

We ask you, brothers, to appreciate those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you.

Warn

Their houses, their fields and their wives will be turned over to others. I will stretch out my hand (extend my power) against the inhabitants of the land, declares Jehovah.

Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me.

If he sees the enemy coming to attack the country he will blow his horn to warn the people.

I did not shrink from telling you the entire will of God.

I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you.

We preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one to God as a mature individual in union with Christ.

That

A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will have children that believe and who are not accused of violence and disobedience.

Unruly

We say this because we hear that there are people among you who are lazy and who do nothing except meddle in other people's business.

Be

In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not jealous. Love does not brag and is not arrogant (proud).

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Walk with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, putting up with one another in love.

Therefore imitate God like beloved children.

As God's chosen, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness (humility), meekness (mildness), and long-suffering (patience).

not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

But you, O man of God, run from these things. Pursue (set your heart on) righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience and meekness.

The Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind (gentle) to all, able to teach, and patient when wronged.

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching.

He is able to exercise compassion towards the ignorant and those going astray, since he is also subject to weakness.

Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are suffering, as though you were suffering as they are.

General references

Lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees.