AS A FATHER WOULD HIS OWN CHILDREN:
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you,
as a father doth his children. (I Thessalonians 2:11)BY GIVING INSTRUCTION WITH PATIENCE:
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season: reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all longsuffering and doctrine. (II Timothy 4:2)ON THE BASIS OF SOUND BIBLICAL DOCTRINE:
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught that he may be able by
sound doctrine both to exhort and convince the gainsayers. (Titus 1:9)WITH ALL AUTHORITY:
These thing speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority...
(Titus 2:15)MORE FREQUENTLY AS THE END OF TIME APPROACHES:
...but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day
approaching. (Hebrews 10:25)FOR FURTHER STUDY:
The Bible gives several examples of people who had the gift of exhortation and counseled others.
Study these for further understanding of this gift:
- Barnabas: Acts 11:22- 24
- Judas and Silas: Acts 15:32
- Paul: Acts 14:22, II Corinthians 9:5, I Thessalonians 4:1
- Jude: Jude 3
In what attitude should a person exhort another? See I Thessalonians 2:11 and 5:14.