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¶ And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to [him] for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
¶ Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
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.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
¶ And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings [are here]!
¶ How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
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.
Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are] God's building.
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: [so do].
And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying [serveth] not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? [even] the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, [and] thou shalt see greater abominations.
¶ And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish.
For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and [in] the spirit of meekness?
¶ Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
But Solomon built him an house.
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];
¶ Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
¶ All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
¶ For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men [to] edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater [is] he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
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.
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
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