Read Full ChapterFinally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
World English Bible (WEB)
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Strong's King James
(1) Remaining then brothers, we request and urge you in אָדוֹן Adonai (Lord) ישוע Yeshua (Yah's Salvation). So that, as you received from us, how you should walk and please אֱלֹהִים Elohim (God), just as you do also walk, so that you abound more so.
The F.O.G
[1] Finally, dear family in the Messiah, we urge you with all the love in our hearts—building on everything we've already taught you about living to please God, which you're already doing so beautifully—to keep pressing forward, reaching ever higher in your spiritual journey.
The F.O.G Paraphrase
As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,
Young's Literal Translation
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