DAY 353
Build One Another Up
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ORIGINAL
παρακαλεῖτε ἀλλήλους καὶ οἰκοδομεῖτε εἷς τὸν ἕνα.
📜 THE VERSE
Encourage one another and build each other up.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Am I one who builds up the people beside me, or one who tears them down?
📝Reflection
The Greek oikodomeo means "to build a house." Paul likens human relationships to construction and says build one another up. A single word is like a brick: encouragement raises a person a story higher, and criticism tears one down. I have both toppled someone with a careless word and set the weary back on their feet. Building a person up requires nothing grand—one word that they are doing well, one look that says it is all right, is enough. That the people who pass by me become a little sturdier: that is the reason we live together.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Offer one short word—"You're doing well"—to someone who looks worn out today.
📖 Source:
1 Thessalonians 5:11.
그리스어 원전(Westcott-Hort 1881) + 개역한글판(1961, PD) 참조, ONGO 자체 의역.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
