The NIV titles this chapter "Concluding Exhortations". A list of what we are being exhorted to do:
v. 1 Keep on loving each other as brothers
v. 2 Show hospitality to strangers
v. 3 Care about prisoners
v. 4 Avoid sexual immorality
v. 5 Avoid greed, be content
v. 9 Stick with the teachers and teaching you know to be reliable
v. 15 Offer a sacrifice of praise
v. 16 Do good and share with others
v. 17 Obey leaders, submit to authority
v. 18 Pray for others
v. 22 Honor these exhortations
And importantly, remember that it is our Lord Jesus who equips us with everything good for doing his will, so that we can even hope to attempt to live out these commands (v. 21). Our strengths and abilities are not our own, they are gifts of his grace.
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