1 Corinthians 14:3

οἰκοδομήν. See note on 1 Corinthians 8:1.

παραμυθίαν. There is little distinction between this word and παράκλησις save that the former has more of the idea of comfort, the latter of encouragement. The one gives the idea of a friend beside us speaking soothing words, the other of a comrade cheering us on. Cf. Plat. Phaed. 70 B οὐκ ὀλίγης παραμυθίας δεῖται καὶ πίστεως, where the sense is that the speaker would need much encouragement and faith, to persuade himself of the immortality of the soul. παραμυθέομαι is, however, used in the sense of console in Plato Phaed. 115 D.