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Ephesians 4:29
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
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Hebrews 10:25
not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another— and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
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Romans 15:2
Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
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Hebrews 3:13
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called“ Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
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1 Corinthians 14 12
So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.
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1 Thessalonians 4 18
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
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Ephesians 4:16
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
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Romans 14:19
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
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Jude 1:20
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
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Ephesians 4:12
to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
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1 Corinthians 10 23
“ I have the right to do anything,” you say— but not everything is beneficial.“ I have the right to do anything”— but not everything is constructive.
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2 Peter 1 12
So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.
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2 Corinthians 12 19
Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends, is for your strengthening.
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1 Timothy 1 4
or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work— which is by faith.
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1 Thessalonians 4 10
And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
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1 Corinthians 14 29
Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
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Romans 15:14
I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.
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1 Corinthians 14 5
I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.