1 Thessalonians 5:11 Cross References - VIN

¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as indeed you are doing.

¹⁹ Let us therefore pursue the things that tend to peace, and to mutual edification.

² Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

¹⁴ I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

²³ “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

⁵ I 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.

¹² It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.

²⁹ Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

¹⁹ Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves before you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ; and all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

¹² in order to fit his people for the work of service, for building the body of Christ,

¹⁶ From Him the whole body is fitted and held together by every supporting ligament. And as each individual part does its work, the body grows and builds itself up in love.

²⁹ Let 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.

¹⁰ and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to do so more and more.

¹⁸ Therefore encourage each other with these words.

⁴ nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than the divine trainingwhich is by faith.

¹³ But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

²⁵ Let 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.

¹² Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.

²⁰ But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,