For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;

For the word of the Lord has resounded from you and has echoed [like thunder], not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place [the news of] your [great] faith in God has spread, so that we never need to say anything about it.

For as you well know, we never came with words of flattery nor with a pretext for greed—God is our witness—

we never sought honour from men, from you or from anybody else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power of claiming to be men of weight;

Furthermore, you must never take advantage of or exploit a brother in this regard, because the Lord avenges all these things, just as we already told you and warned you.

We beseech you, brothers, keep a check upon loafers, encourage the faint-hearted, sustain weak souls, never lose your temper with anyone;

Never stop praying.

never quench the fire of the Spirit,

never disdain prophetic revelations