Rather encourage one another daily--while there is a 'To-day'--to prevent any one among you from being hardened by the deceitfulness of Sin.
On coming there he saw to his great joy these tokens of the loving-kindness of God, and encouraged them all to make up their minds to be faithful to the Lord--
Sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my Death.
For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;
Therefore, comfort one another with what I have told you.
Therefore encourage one another, and try to build up one another's characters, as indeed you are doing.
Proclaim the Message, be ready in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, encourage, never failing to instruct with forbearance.
I beg you, Brothers, to bear with these words of advice. For I have written only very briefly to you.
A man is in every case tempted by his own passions--allured and enticed by them.