1 Corinthians 14:26
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26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, (A)has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. (B)Let all things be done for [a]edification.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:26 building up
Ephesians 5:19
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19 speaking to one another (A)in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making (B)melody in your heart to the Lord,
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Romans 14:19
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19 (A)Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which (B)one may [a]edify another.
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- Romans 14:19 build up
1 Thessalonians 5:11
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11 Therefore [a]comfort each other and [b]edify one another, just as you also are doing.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Or encourage
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 build one another up
1 Corinthians 12:7-10
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7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given (A)the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another (B)the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 (C)to another faith by the same Spirit, to another (D)gifts of healings by [a]the same Spirit, 10 (E)to another the working of miracles, to another (F)prophecy, to another (G)discerning of spirits, to another (H)different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
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- 1 Corinthians 12:9 NU one
Ephesians 4:16
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16 (A)from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
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1 Corinthians 14:12-13
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12 Even so you, since you are [a]zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the [b]edification of the church that you seek to excel.
13 Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may (A)interpret.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:12 eager
- 1 Corinthians 14:12 building up
Ephesians 4:29
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29 (A)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but (B)what is good for necessary [a]edification, (C)that it may impart grace to the hearers.
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- Ephesians 4:29 building up
2 Corinthians 13:10
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10 (A)Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the (B)authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.
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1 Corinthians 14:40
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40 (A)Let all things be done decently and in order.
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Ephesians 4:12
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12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, (A)for the [a]edifying of (B)the body of Christ,
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- Ephesians 4:12 building up
2 Corinthians 12:19
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19 (A)Again, [a]do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? (B)We speak before God in Christ. (C)But we do all things, beloved, for your edification.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:19 NU You have been thinking for a long time that we
1 Corinthians 14:27
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27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret.
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1 Corinthians 14:4-6
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4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5 I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; [a]for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.
Tongues Must Be Interpreted
6 But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by (A)revelation, by knowledge, by prophesying, or by teaching?
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- 1 Corinthians 14:5 NU and
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