¹⁹ Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.^(A)

² Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor.^(A)

⁹ For we are God’s coworkers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.^(A)

³ But those who prophesy speak to other people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.^(A)

⁵ Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues but even more to prophesy. One who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.^(A)

¹² So with yourselves: since you are striving after spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them for building up the church.

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²⁶ What should be done then, my brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.^(A)

5 For we know that, if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.^(A)

⁸ Now, even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.^(A)

¹⁹ Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves before you? We are speaking in Christ before God. Everything we do, beloved, is for the sake of building you up.^(A)