Edification
12 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
9 sections
All to be Done To
- 2 Corinthians 12:19 Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
- 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.
Described
- Ephesians 4:12–16 to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ, …
Exhortation To
- Jude 20–21 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, …
Foolish Questions Opposed To
- 1 Timothy 1:4 or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
Love Leads To
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Mutual, Commanded
- Romans 14:19 So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
The Gospel, the Instrument of
- Acts 20:32 And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
The Peace of the Church Favours
- Acts 9:31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
Use Self-Denial to Promote, in Others
- 1 Corinthians 10:23 “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
- 1 Corinthians 10:33 as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
Related topics
Edification is the Object of Ministerial AuthorityEdification is the Object of Ministerial GiftsEdification is the Object of The Church's Union in ChristEdification is the Object of The Ministerial officeMinisters are Bound to Build up the ChurchAll Christians should be As Missionaries in Seeking the Edification of Others
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.