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6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
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So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
7 For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
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For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
8 But, since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
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But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
10 who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep we might live with him.
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He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.
11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
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Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
12 But we beseech you, brethren, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
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Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.
13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
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Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.
14 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
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And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
15 See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
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Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
16 Rejoice always,
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Rejoice always,
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