For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged,
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.
that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
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