¹⁸ Therefore encourage one another with these words.

¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

¹⁴ And we urge you, brothers, admonish ^(A)the idle,^{[a] (B)}encourage the fainthearted, ^(C)help the weak, ^(D)be patient with them all.

²⁸ Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and ^(A)raise your heads, because ^(B)your redemption is drawing near.”

²⁴ And ^(A)let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, ^25 (B)not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and ^(C)all the more as you see ^(D)the Day drawing near.

Comfort for God's People

¹² Therefore ^(A)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,