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1) to build a house,
erect a building / 2) metaphorically to promote growth in Christian wisdom,
affection, grace, virtue, holiness, blessedness
Acts 9:31
Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and
were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort
of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
Acts 20:32 "So now,
brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace,
which is able to
build
you up
and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Rom. 15:20 And so I
have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I
should build on another man's foundation,
1 Cor. 8:1 Now
concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge.
Knowledge puffs up, but
love
edifies.
1 Cor. 8:10 For if
anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will not the
conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things
offered to idols?
1 Cor. 10:23-24 All
things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are
lawful for me, but not all things edify. 24 Let no one seek his
own, but each one the other's [well-being].
1 Cor. 14:4 He who
speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies
the church.
1 Cor. 14:16-17
Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place
of the uninformed say "Amen" at your giving of thanks, since he does not
understand what you say? 17 For you indeed give thanks well, but the other
is not edified.
Gal. 2:17-18 "But if,
while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found
sinners, [is] Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! 18 "For
if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a
transgressor.
1 Thess. 5:11 Therefore
comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are
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