1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already…”

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

World English Bible

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

American Standard Version

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore exhort one another, and edifie one another, euen as ye doe.

Darby Translation

Wherefore encourage one another, and build up each one the other, even as also ye do.

Young's Literal Translation

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

Bible in Basic English

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

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Cross references

“Wherefore”

1 Thessalonians 4:18

1 Thessalonians 4:18 · BSB

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

“comfort”

Hebrews 10:25 Hebrews 3:13

Hebrews 10:25 · BSB

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.

Hebrews 3:13 · BSB

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

“and edify”

Ephesians 4:29 Romans 15:2 Romans 14:19 1 Corinthians 14:12 Ephesians 4:12 Ephesians 4:16

Ephesians 4:29 · BSB

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.

Romans 15:2 · BSB

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

Romans 14:19 · BSB

So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

1 Corinthians 14:12 · BSB

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

Ephesians 4:12 · BSB

to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

Ephesians 4:16 · BSB

From 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.

“even”

2 Peter 1:12 Romans 15:14 1 Thessalonians 4:10

2 Peter 1:12 · BSB

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

Romans 15:14 · BSB

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

1 Thessalonians 4:10 · BSB

And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

12But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.

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