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A Call to Persevere

Jude 1:20

In 9 translations

BSB
But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
KJV
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
WEB
But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
ASV
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
LSV
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
YLT
And ye, beloved, on your most holy faith building yourselves up, in the Holy Spirit praying,
DBY
But ye, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
DRC
But you, my beloved, building yourselves upon your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
GNV
But, yee beloued, edifie your selues in your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost,

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  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἐποικοδομοῦντες elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἑαυτοὺς elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει; Robinson–Pierpont read τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί, ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει, ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι,
RP2018
Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί, τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτούς, ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι,
TR-Boyd
Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί, τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτούς, ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι,
SCR1894
υμεις δε αγαπητοι τη αγιωτατη υμων πιστει εποικοδομουντες εαυτους εν πνευματι αγιω προσευχομενοι

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  • Ephesians 6:18Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
  • Romans 8:26–27In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of…
  • 1 Corinthians 14:15What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
  • Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:4–5The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church. I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one…
  • Romans 8:15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
  • Galatians 4:6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
  • 1 Corinthians 14:26What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.
  • Ephesians 4:29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
  • Acts 9:31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
  • Ephesians 4:16From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
  • James 2:22You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.
  • 1 John 5:4because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
  • Ephesians 4:12to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
  • Titus 1:1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

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