1 Thessalonians 5:18

James Moffatt - New Testament

thank God for everything — such is his will for you in Christ Jesus;

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and render thanks to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ at all times and for all things.

Never be anxious, but always make your requests known to God in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving;

Indeed, whatever you say or do, let everything be done in dependence on the Lord Jesus, giving thanks in his name to God the Father.

And by him let us constantly offer praise to God as our sacrifice, that is, the fruit of lips that celebrate his Name.

nerve you to spend the rest of your time in the flesh for the will of God and no longer for human passions.

for it is the will of God that by your honest lives you should silence the ignorant charges of foolish persons.

and the world is passing away with its desire, while he who does the will of God remains for ever.

It is God's will that you should be consecrated, that you abstain from sexual vice,