6. Therefore, we must not fall asleep like other people, but we must stay awake and be sober.
7. People who sleep, sleep at night; people who get drunk, get drunk at night.
8. Since we belong to the day, we must be sober. We must put on faith and love as a breastplate and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
9. It was not God’s intention that we experience his anger but that we obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
10. He died for us so that, whether we are awake in this life or asleep in death, we will live together with him.
11. Therefore, encourage each other and strengthen one another as you are doing.
12. Brothers and sisters, we ask you to show your appreciation for those leaders who work among you and instruct you.
13. We ask you to love them and think very highly of them because of the work they are doing. Live in peace with each other.
14. We encourage you, brothers and sisters, to instruct those who are not living right, cheer up those who are discouraged, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
15. Make sure that no one ever pays back one wrong with another wrong. Instead, always try to do what is good for each other and everyone else.