Opening the Wound

Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing.  1 Thessalonians 5:11  NASB Build up – “Generally, relationships build by a process of reciprocal self-revelations.  One individual takes the leap and reveals some intimate material; thereby placing himself or herself at risk; the other closes the gap by reciprocating in kind;…

Mobile Home

you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house  1 Peter 2:5  NASB Built up – The verb here is oikodomeisthe.  Do you see the word “domestic” in this word?  It literally means, “to build a house.”  The word for “house” is the first part (oikian or oiko).  Notice that this…

Living Stones

Therefore, encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you are also doing. I Thessalonians 5:11  NASB Build up – Every believer is in the construction business.  But that does not mean you and I are fabricating our own building.  We are assembling the houses of others.  The Greek makes it very clear. …