¹¹ So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

²⁹ Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

²⁵ And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

² We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord.

¹³ You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

¹⁸ So encourage each other with these words.

¹⁹ So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up.

¹² And the same is true for you. Since you are so eager to have the special abilities the Spirit gives, seek those that will strengthen the whole church.

¹² Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.

²⁰ But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,^[a]