Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

You

But we request of you, brethren, that you

appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction,

Warn

“Their houses shall be turned over to others,
Their fields and their wives together;
For I will stretch out My hand
Against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the Lord.

“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.

and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people,

For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.

I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man

complete in Christ.

That

namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion.

Unruly

For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.

Be

In all their affliction

He was afflicted,

And the angel of His presence saved them;
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,
And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and

patience;

not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

But flee from these things, you man of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness.

The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.

he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is

beset with weakness;

Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.

General references

Therefore,

strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,