1 Corinthians 14:3

To edification - exhortation - comfort [ο ι κ ο δ ο μ η ν - π α ρ α κ λ η σ ι ν - π α ρ α μ υ θ ι α ν]. Omit to. For edification see on build up, Acts 20:32. Exhortation, so American Rev. Rev., comfort. See on Luke 6:24. Paramuqia comfort, Rev., consolation, occurs only here in the New Testament. Paramuqion, which is the same, in Philippians 2:1. The two latter words are found together in Philippians 2:1, and their kindred verbs in 1 Thessalonians 2:11. The differences in rendering are not important. The words will bear either of the meanings in the two Revisions. If paraklhsin be rendered as Rev., comfort, paramuqia might be rendered incentive, which implies exhortation. Consolation and comfort border a little too closely on each other.