So whoever rejects this teaching is rejecting not man but God who continues to put His Spirit in you.

as you are practicing it toward all the brothers all over Macedonia. We beg you, brothers, to continue to live better and better;

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.

For on the Lord's own authority we say that those of us who may be left behind and are still living when the Lord comes back, will have no advantage at all over those who have fallen asleep.

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.