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Comfort (παρακαλεῖτε)
Rev. renders exhort; but comfort suits better the general drift of the passage, and corresponds with 1Th 4:18. There is some force in Bornemann's suggestion that the two meanings may be combined. Exhort each other to be of good heart.
Edify (οἰκοδομεῖτε)
Lit. build up. See on Act 20:32. The metaphorical sense habitually in Paul. See 1Co 8:1, 1Co 8:10; 1Co 10:23; 1Co 14:4; Eph 2:20. In O.T. mostly in the literal sense. See however lxx, Rth 4:11; Psalm 27:5; 88:2; Jer 31:4.