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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. (niv)
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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. (niv)
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Romans 15:2
Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. (niv)
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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. (niv)
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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. (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 4 18
Therefore encourage one another with these words. (niv)
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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. (niv)
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Romans 14:19
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. (niv)
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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, (niv)
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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 (niv)
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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. (niv)
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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. (niv)
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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. (niv)
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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. (niv)
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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, (niv)
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1 Corinthians 14 29
Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. (niv)
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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. (niv)
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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. (niv)