¹⁰ who died for us, so that whether we still live or sleep we may live in fellowship with Him. ¹¹ So continue encouraging one another and helping one another in character building. ¹² We beg you, brothers, to practice showing respect to those who labor among you, who are your leaders in the Lord's work, and who advise you;

Cross References

Ephesians 4:29

You must stop letting any bad word pass your lips, but only words that are good for building up as the occasion demands, so that they will result in spiritual blessing to the hearers.

Hebrews 10:25

Let us stop neglecting our meeting together, as some do, but let us continue to encourage one another, and all the more because you see that the great day is drawing near.

Romans 14:19

So let us keep on pursuing the things that make for peace and our mutual upbuilding.

Romans 15:2

Each one of us must practice pleasing his neighbor, to help in his immediate upbuilding for his eternal good.

Romans 15:14

As far as I am concerned about you, my brothers, I am convinced that you especially are abounding in the highest goodness, richly supplied with perfect knowledge and competent to counsel one another.

1 Corinthians 10:23

Everything is permissible for people, but not everything is good for them. Everything is permissible for people, but not everything builds up their personality.

1 Corinthians 14:12

So, as you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, you must keep trying to excel for the upbuilding of the church.

1 Corinthians 14:29

Let two or three prophets speak, and the rest consider carefully what is said;

2 Corinthians 12:19

Are you thinking all this time that I am defending myself to you? It is in the very presence of God and as one who is in union with Christ that I am speaking. And it is all for building you up, beloved, for I am apprehensive that, somehow or other, when I come I shall find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me.

Ephesians 4:12

for the immediate equipment of God's people for the work of service, for the ultimate building up of the body of Christ,

Ephesians 4:16

For it is under His direction that the whole body is perfectly adjusted and united by every joint that furnishes its supplies; and by the proper functioning of each particular part there is brought about the growing of the body for its building up in love.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

as you are practicing it toward all the brothers all over Macedonia. We beg you, brothers, to continue to live better and better;

1 Thessalonians 4:18

So continue encouraging one another with this truth.

1 Timothy 1:4

to stop devoting themselves to myths and never-ending pedigrees, for such things lead to controversies rather than stimulate our trusteeship to God through faith.

Hebrews 3:13

but day by day, as long as "Today" shall last, continue to encourage one another, so that not one of you may be hardened by sin's deceiving ways,

2 Peter 1:12

Therefore, I will always remind you of these things, although you know them and are firmly grounded in the truth that you already have.

Jude 1:20

But you, dearly beloved, must continue to build yourselves up on the groundwork of your most holy faith and to pray in the Holy Spirit;

1 Corinthians 14:5

I would like for all of you to speak in ecstasy, but I would rather that you prophesy. The man who speaks with real prophetic insight renders greater service than the man who speaks in ecstasy, unless the latter explains it, so the congregation may receive an uplift.