1 Thessalonians 5:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.”
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“Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Thessalonians 5:11 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 14:19So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
- Romans 15:2Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
- Romans 15:14I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
- 1 Corinthians 10:23“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
- 1 Corinthians 14:5I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.
- 1 Corinthians 14:12It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.
- 1 Corinthians 14:29Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
- 2 Corinthians 12:19Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
- Ephesians 4:12to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
- Ephesians 4:16From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
- Ephesians 4:29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:10And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
- 1 Thessalonians 4:18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
- 1 Timothy 1:4or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
- Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
- Hebrews 10:25Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
- 2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
- Jude 1:20But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
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