1 Thessalonians 5:11

1 Thessalonians 5:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 5:11

9For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing. 12Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you, 13and to regard them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 word by word

Διὸ παρακαλεῖτε ἀλλήλους καὶ οἰκοδομεῖτε εἷς τὸν ἕνα καθὼς καὶ ποιεῖτε.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• comfortπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• yourselves togetherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• edifyοἰκοδομέωoikodomeō · to buildG3618
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• even asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• ye doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 5:11

• 1 Thessalonians 4:18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
• Hebrews 3:13But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.
• Hebrews 10:25not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching.
• Romans 14:19So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.
• Romans 15:2Each one of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
• 1 Corinthians 10:23“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything builds up.
• 1 Corinthians 14:5I wish all of you spoke in tongues, but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.
• 2 Corinthians 12:19Have you been thinking all along that we were defending ourselves to you? No, in the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything, dear friends, is for building you up.
• Ephesians 4:12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,
• 1 Timothy 1:4or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather than God’s plan, which operates by faith.
• Jude 1:20But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
• 1 Thessalonians 4:10In fact, you are doing this toward all the brothers and sisters in the entire region of Macedonia. But we encourage you, brothers and sisters, to do this even more,
• Romans 15:14My brothers and sisters, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
• 2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 5:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Comfort - one another - Rest assured that, in all times and circumstances, it shall be well with the righteous; let every man lay this to heart; and with this consideration comfort and edify each other in all trials and difficulties.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Wherefore comfort yourselves - notes, 1 Thessalonians 4:18. And edify one another - Strive to build up each other, or to establish each other in the faith by these truths; notes, Romans 14:19. Even as also ye do - Continue to do it. Let nothing intervene to disturb the harmony and consolation which you have been accustomed to derive from these high and holy doctrines.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Most of mankind do not consider the things of another world at all, because they are asleep; or they do not consider them aright, because they sleep and dream. Our moderation as to all earthly things should be known to all men. Shall Christians, who have the light of the blessed gospel shining in their faces, be careless about their souls, and unmindful of another world? We need the spiritual armour, or the three Christian graces, faith, love…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Paul wants the Thessalonians to use the teachings about the end of time to encourage and build up one another (see 4:18). He does not want them to speculate about when the Lord will return.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. comfort yourselves--Greek, "one another." Here he reverts to the same consolatory strain as in 1Th 4:18. edify one another--rather as Greek, "edify (ye) the one the other"; "edify," literally, "build up," namely, in faith, hope, and love, by discoursing together on such edifying topics as the Lord's coming, and the glory of the saints (Mal 3:16).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 5:11

• Communion
• Fellowship
• Love
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Edify
• Greet
• Patient
• Peter, Second Epistle of
• Quench
• Render
• Sudden
• Warn
• Builder
• Edification; Edify

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings