But encourage one another every day, as long as it is still called “today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Parallel translations
- WEB but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
- KJV But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
- BSB But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
- NKJV but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
- NLT You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
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Quick answer
Christians should encourage one another daily, while it is still 'today,' so no one is hardened by sin's deceit. Mutual encouragement guards against hardening.
Overview
The remedy against unbelief is ongoing, daily encouragement within the community of faith. Sin is described as deceitful, gradually hardening the heart if left unaddressed. This verse highlights the corporate responsibility believers bear for one another's perseverance, seizing the present 'today' of opportunity.
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Cross-references · 12
- 1 Th 5:11Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
- Heb 10:24–25Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
- 2 Tim 4:2preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
- 1 Th 4:18Therefore comfort one another with these words.
- Jas 1:14But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
- Acts 11:23who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.
- Obad 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
- Rom 7:11for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
- Eph 4:22that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
- Prov 28:26One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
- Isa 44:20He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
- 1 Th 2:11As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
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