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1 Thessalonians 5:21-23
New Catholic Bible
1 Thessalonians 5:21-23
New Catholic Bible
21 Test everything, and hold fast to what is good. 22 Avoid every form of evil.
Conclusion[a]
23 Final Prayer. May the God of peace himself grant you the gift of perfect sanctity, and may you—spirit and soul and body[b]—be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:23 This Letter concludes like a liturgy: blessing, kiss of peace, request to have the apostolic Letter read publicly, and final wish.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Spirit and soul and body: i.e., the whole Christian person. The spirit is that which is open to the influence of grace; it is also the source of divine life with the Christian (see Rom 5:5). This is the only place in Paul that refers to this tripartite division.
