17 Bible Verses about People Encouraging Others
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And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,
Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith.
That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.
So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,
And I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may have news of how we are, and so that he may give your hearts comfort;
And Jesus, whose other name is Justus; these are of the circumcision: they are my only brother-workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.
Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.
And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.
If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,
Because with your false words you have given pain to the heart of the upright man when I had not made him sad; in order to make strong the hands of the evil-doer so that he may not be turned from his evil way and get life:
They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart! So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.
