For people keep telling us what kind of welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve a living and true God

as they try to keep us from telling the gentiles how they can be saved. As a result, they are constantly adding to the number of sins they have committed. However, wrath has overtaken them at last!

For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.

as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith?

For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;

In fact, you are showing love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia, but we urge you, brothers, to keep on doing this even more.

also keep up your ambition to live quietly, to practice attending to your own business and to work with your own hands, as we directed you,

Also we do not want you to have any misunderstanding, brothers, about those who are falling asleep, so as to keep you from grieving over them as others do who have no hope.

So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise].

but let us who belong to the day keep sober, clothed with faith and love for a coat of mail and with the hope of salvation for a helmet.

But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.

Take care that none of you ever pays back evil for evil, but always keep looking for ways to show kindness to one another and everybody.

Keep on with your prayers.

Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;

Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it].

Brothers, keep us in mind in your prayers.