Romans 14:19

Therefore pursue the things that make for peace and that build one another up. Mutual edification, not self-assertion, is the goal in disputable matters.

Cross-references · 22

• Eph 4:29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
• Rom 12:18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
• Ps 34:14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
• Rom 15:2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
• Heb 12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
• 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
• 1 Th 5:11–12Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
• Mark 9:50Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
• Matt 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
• Col 3:12–15Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
• Phil 2:1–4If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
• 1 Cor 14:26How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
• Jas 3:13–18Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
• 1 Cor 14:12–17Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
• 1 Pet 3:11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
• Eph 4:3–7Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
• 1 Cor 10:33Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
• Ps 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
• 1 Cor 7:15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
• 2 Tim 2:22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• 2 Cor 12:19Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
• 1 Tim 1:4Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

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