⁹ And this I pray, that ^(A)your love may overflow still more and more in ^(B)real knowledge and all discernment,

Sanctification and Love

4 ^(A)Finally then, ^(B)brothers and sisters, we request and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us as to how you ought to ^[a](C)walk and ^(D)please God (just as you actually do ^[b]walk), that you ^(E)excel even more.

¹⁰ for indeed ^(A)you practice it toward all the brothers and sisters who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to ^(B)excel even more,

³ We ought always ^(A)to give thanks to God for you, ^(B)brothers and sisters, as is only fitting, because your faith is increasing abundantly, and the ^(C)love of each and every one of you toward one another grows ever greater.