5 ¹² WE BEG YOU, BROTHERS, to acknowledge those who are working so hard among you, and in the Lord's fellowship are your leaders and counsellors. 5 ¹³ Hold them in the highest possible esteem and affection for the work they do.
5 ¹⁴ You must live at peace among yourselves. And we would urge you, brothers, to admonish the careless, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, and to be very patient with them all.
5 ¹⁵ See to it that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but always aim at doing the best you can for each other and for all men.
5 ¹⁶ Be always joyful; 5 ¹⁷ pray continually; 5 ¹⁸ give thanks whatever happens; for this is what God in Christ wills for you.
5 ¹⁹ Do not stifle inspiration, 5 ²⁰ and do not despise prophetic utterances, 5 ²¹ but bring them all to the test and then keep what is good in them 5 ²² and avoid the bad of whatever kind. Or: ... utterances. Put everything to the test; keep hold of what is good and avoid every kind of evil.

5 ²³ May God himself, the God of peace, make you holy in every part, and keep you sound in spirit, soul, and body, without fault when our Lord Jesus Christ comes. 5 ²⁴ He who calls you is to be trusted; he will do it.

5 ²⁵ Brothers, pray for us also.

5 ²⁶ Greet all our brothers with the kiss of peace.

5 ²⁷ I adjure you by the Lord to have this letter read to the whole brotherhood.

5 ²⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!