15. Be sure that no one pays back wrong for wrong. But always try to do what is good for each other and for all people.
16. Always be full of joy.
17. Never stop praying.
18. Whatever happens, always be thankful. This is how God wants you to live in Christ Jesus.
19. Don’t stop the work of the Holy Spirit.
20. Don’t treat prophecy like something that is not important.
21. But test everything. Keep what is good,
22. and stay away from everything that is evil.
23. We pray that God himself, the God of peace, will make you pure—belonging only to him. We pray that your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—will be kept safe and be blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.
24. The one who chose you will do that for you. You can trust him.
25. Brothers and sisters, please pray for us.
26. Give all the brothers and sisters the special greeting of God’s people.
27. I tell you by the authority of the Lord to read this letter to all the believers there.
28. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.