Edifying One Another in the Word

1 Thessalonians 5:11 "11Therefore encourage (edify) and build one another up, just as you are already doing." Edification is not praise or flattery; edification is using God's Word to bring truth to every discussion so that we can all honor Him in our lives.

Hebrews 3:13 "But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."

Ephesians 4:29 "Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen."

Romans 14:19 "So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification."

Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God."

Hebrews 10:24-25 "And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. / Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

1 Corinthians 14:26 "What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church."

We are called to help one another grow in holiness and love. Love is the first fruit of the Fruit of the Spirit. Everything is to be done in love with compassion toward one another.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 "4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.
5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,
6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

The opposite of love is:

Proverbs 16:28: "A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends".

2 Corinthians 12:20 "20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish, and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, selfishness, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances."

In order to walk as Christ walked and bless our siblings in Christ we must have love first and then all the other traits of Christ will follow.