16. Always be happy.
17. Never stop praying.
18. Give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus.
19. Do not stop the work of the Holy Spirit.
20. Do not treat prophecy as if it were 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 without wrong when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.
24. The One who calls you will do that for you. You can trust him.
25. Brothers, please pray for us.
26. Give all the brothers a holy kiss when you meet.
27. I tell you by the authority of the Lord to read this letter to all the brothers.