1 Thessalonians 5 · Verse 11

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
1 Thessalonians 5:11, King James Version

1 Thessalonians 5:11 in other translations

BSBTherefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
WEBTherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
ASVWherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.
YLTwherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.
DARBYWherefore encourage one another, and build up each one the other, even as also ye do.
BBESo then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.
WebsterWherefore, comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

What does 1 Thessalonians 5:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. 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).

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 11. Wherefore comfort yourselves. 1Thes 4:18.

And edify one another. Strive to build up each other, or to stablish each other in the faith by these truths. Rom 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.

(1) "comfort" "exhort"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Comfort - 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5:6-11

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…

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1 Thessalonians 5:11 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΔιὸDioThereforeG1352
παρακαλεῖτεparakaleitedo encourageG3870
ἀλλήλουςallēlousone anotherG240
καὶkaiandG2532
οἰκοδομεῖτεoikodomeitedo build upG3618
εἷςheisoneG1520
τὸνton<the>G3588
ἕναhenaanotherG1520
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531
καὶkaialsoG2532
ποιεῖτε.¶poieiteyou are doing.G4160

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Cross references for 1 Thessalonians 5:11

  • Ephesians 4:29

    Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

  • Romans 15:2

    Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

  • Hebrews 10:25

    Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

  • Hebrews 3:13

    But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:18

    Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

  • Romans 14:19

    Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

  • 1 Corinthians 14:12

    Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

  • Ephesians 4:12

    For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

  • Ephesians 4:16

    From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

  • Jude 1:20

    But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

  • 1 Corinthians 10:23

    All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

  • 2 Peter 1:12

    Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wherefore.
4:18
comfort. or, exhort.
Heb 3:13; 10:25
and edify.
Ro 14:19; 15:2; 1Co 10:23; 14:5,12,29; 2Co 12:19; Eph 4:12,16,29
1Ti 1:4; Jude 1:20
even.
4:10; Ro 15:14; 2Pe 1:12

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Context

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:10

    Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:11

    Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:12

    And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

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1 Thessalonians 5:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por lo cual, consolaos los unos á los otros, y edificaos los unos á los otros, así como lo hacéis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi exhortez-vous l’un l’autre et édifiez-vous l’un l’autre, chacun en particulier, comme aussi vous le faites.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Deshalb ermuntert einander und erbauet einer den anderen, wie ihr auch tut.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propter quod consolamini invicem, et ædificate alterutrum, sicut et facitis.