⁶ And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

Closing Prayer

^20-21 God has raised from death our Lord Jesus, who is the Great Shepherd of the sheep as the result of his blood,^[a] by which the eternal covenant is sealed. May the God of peace provide you with every good thing you need in order to do his will, and may he, through Jesus Christ, do in us what pleases him. And to Christ be the glory forever and ever! Amen.