for from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God did go forth, so that we have no need to say anything,

For this reason, we intended to go to you, (I Paul) both once and again, but Satan hindered us.

And we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith,

For now we can go on living, as long as you continue to stand firm in the Lord.

Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, open the way for us to go to you.

And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

For people who go to sleep, go to sleep at night; and people who get drunk, get drunk at night.

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.