We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory.

要叫你们行事对得起那召你们进他国、得他荣耀的神。

我们劝勉你们，安慰你们，嘱咐你们，使你们行事对得起那召你们进他自己的国、得他荣耀的上帝。

我们劝勉你们，安慰你们，嘱咐你们，使你们行事对得起那召你们进他自己的国、得他荣耀的神。

我们安慰你们，劝勉你们，督促你们，好叫你们行事为人对得起上帝，祂呼召你们进入祂的国、享受祂的荣耀。

劝勉你们，鼓励你们，叮嘱你们，要你们行事为人，配得上那召你们进入他的国和荣耀的神。

我们鼓励你们，安慰你们，忠告你们，为要你们行事为人配得上那召唤你们进入他国度和荣耀的神。

要叫你們行事對得起那召你們進他國、得他榮耀的神。

我們勸勉你們，安慰你們，囑咐你們，使你們行事對得起那召你們進他自己的國、得他榮耀的上帝。

我們勸勉你們，安慰你們，囑咐你們，使你們行事對得起那召你們進他自己的國、得他榮耀的神。

我們安慰你們，勸勉你們，督促你們，好叫你們行事為人對得起上帝，祂呼召你們進入祂的國、享受祂的榮耀。

勸勉你們，鼓勵你們，叮囑你們，要你們行事為人，配得上那召你們進入他的國和榮耀的神。

是要使你們行事為人對得起上帝、那召你們進他自己的國和榮耀、的上帝。

我們鼓勵你們，安慰你們，忠告你們，為要你們行事為人配得上那召喚你們進入他國度和榮耀的神。

致爾行合乎上帝、即召爾入其國而與其榮者也、○

教爾所行、合乎上帝、蓋上帝召爾、入國有榮、

諄囑爾行事當合乎天主、即召爾入其國、得其榮者也、○

務使爾等立身處世、無忝天主、以副其召爾共享天國及光榮之美意。

encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

We gave you hope and strength. We comforted you. We really wanted you to live in a way that is worthy of God. He chooses you to enter his glorious kingdom.

we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

we encouraged, comforted, and implored each one of you to walk worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.

we encouraged, comforted, and implored each one of you to walk worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.

Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.

In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.

So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful.

As for us, we can’t help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation— a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth.He called you to salvation when we told you the Good News; now you can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.

So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way you live, and you will be honored along with him. This is all made possible because of the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.For the Scriptures say,“ You must be holy because I am holy.”

He does this to make the riches of his glory shine even brighter on those to whom he shows mercy, who were prepared in advance for glory.And we are among those whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.

And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.

God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.

For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose, fighting together for the faith, which is the Good News.

And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.

Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.

For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time— to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.

Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.

Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.