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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
edify .
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Examples
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He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
1 Corinthians 14. 1999
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He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself: but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself: but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself: but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 53: 1 Corinthians The Challoner Revision
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That man honoreth God, edifieth the saints, convinceth the world and condemneth them, and is become 'heir of the righteousness which is by faith.'
The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin
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"Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth," says Paul, and this is well exem - plified in the attitude of leaders in the society to which I have reference, who often belittle the Christian religion on the platform or in print be - cause it lacks an intellectual conception of the universe.
Max Heindel's Letters to Students by The Rosicrucian Fellowship 1910
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Let us remember that "Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth," and that SERVICE is the standard of TRUE GREATNESS.
Max Heindel's Letters to Students by The Rosicrucian Fellowship 1910
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For neither party observes towards the other that charity which edifieth.
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'Knowledge puffeth up' said a third; and heeded not his gentle reply, 'but love edifieth'.
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901
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The beauty of marble the flesh delighteth, the beauty of grace quickeneth the soul, the first deceiveth the eyes, and that other edifieth by double entendment.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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