Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled,

I appeal to Euodia and to Syntyche to agree in the Lord.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.

Then they asked Jesus to leave their region.

And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people.

And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.

and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.

They took the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.