"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing." 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV) The King James Version of The Bible reads: " Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."
The Apostle Paul wrote to the believers in The Church at Thessaloniki and told them that they should comfort and encourage each other. He also said that they should edify one another and build each other up. Then he added the phrase "even as ye also do" so as not to offend them or to sound as if he was chastising them.
The Bible says that we are to love one another. (John 13:34, 13:35, 15:12, and 15:17) We are also to help one another. (Ecclesiastes 4:10) However, we are also to encourage and comfort one another, and to edify, teach, and build up one another. (1 Thessalonians 5:11) We are truly to be our brother's keeper and helper. We are to promote the welfare of others. We are to pray for one another. (James 5:16) We are to treat others as we ourselves would like to be treated. (Matthew 7:12) Jesus said that as we treat His brothers, which are also our brothers, we are doing it to Him. (Matthew 25:40 and 25:45) So, we need to be very careful with respect to the way we treat each other. We need to treat one another with loving kindness, and help them, comfort them, encourage them, build them up, and teach them as best we can.
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