Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
comfort yourselves—Greek, "one another." Here he reverts to the same consolatory strain as in I Thessalonians 4:18.
edify one another—rather as Greek, "edify (ye) the one the other"; "edify," literally, "build up," namely, in faith, hope, and love, by discoursing together on such edifying topics as the Lord's coming, and the glory of the saints (Malachi 3:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Thessalonians 5:11:
1 Thessalonians 4:1
2 Thessalonians 3:1
2 Peter 3:16
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