Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha CEBA
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12 Brothers and sisters, we ask you to respect those who are working with you, leading you, and instructing 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 Think of them highly with love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.
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Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.
14 Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are disorderly. Comfort the discouraged. Help the weak. Be patient with everyone.
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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 Make sure no one repays a wrong with a wrong, but always pursue the good for each other and everyone else.
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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,
17 Pray continually.
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pray continually,
18 Give thanks in every situation because this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
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give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
19 Don't suppress the Spirit.
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Do not quench the Spirit.
20 Don't brush off Spirit-inspired messages,
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Do not treat prophecies with contempt
21 but examine everything carefully and hang on to what is good.
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but test them all; hold on to what is good,
22 Avoid every kind of evil.
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reject every kind of evil.
23 Now, may the God of peace himself cause you to be completely dedicated to him; and may your spirit, soul, and body be kept intact and blameless at our Lord Jesus Christ's coming.
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May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 The one who is calling you is faithful and will do this.
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The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
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