12 and may the Lord ^vmake you increase and abound in love ^wfor one another and for all, as we do for you,

A Life Pleasing to God

1 Finally, then, brothers,^{1 a}we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that ^bas you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.

10 for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more,