Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified, and going in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, were multiplying.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.

who will also confirm you until the end, [that you may be] unimpeachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.

He who speaks in an [unknown] tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

Now I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you should prophesy; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edification.

What is it then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each of you has a song, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

for the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ,

from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the working of the measure of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the edification of itself in love.

Let no corrupt word proceed from your mouth, but only what is good for edification, that it may give grace to them that hear.

having been rooted and built up in Him and being established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.

and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for] them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

taking recollection of the genuine faith [that is] in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.

Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to [the] faith of the elect of God and [the] full knowledge of [the] truth which is according to godliness,

Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by means of his works faith was made perfect?

Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us by [the] righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

because everything having been born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that has overcome the world--your faith.

If anyone has captivity, he goes away; if anyone [is] with [the] sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon Me, because they have mocked Me, and they shall make lamentation for Him, as for a beloved [friend], and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn son.

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

But He that searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes on behalf of the saints according to [the will] [of] God.

What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the mind. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the mind.

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"

through every prayer and petition, praying in every season in the Spirit, being watchful to this same thing with all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints--