παράκλησις

Luke 2:25 παράκλησιν [the] consolation

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Here: In this phrase, the comfort God promised his people in Isaiah: the end of exile and suffering, and the restoration of Israel. It is a national, end-of-days hope, not a private feeling of solace.

Luke 6:24 παράκλησιν comfort

But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.

Here: In Luke this word carries the hope of God's promised comfort for Israel at the end of the age (2:25; compare Isaiah 40:1). The rich have taken their comfort in advance, in the form of wealth. That was their whole payment.

Acts 4:36 παρακλήσεως, of encouragement

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),

Here: The quality that marks him: the man who urges, exhorts and comforts. In Acts the word can mean a sermon (13:15, 'word of exhortation'). The noun itself does not say whether exhortation or comfort is in view; it can carry both.

Acts 9:31 παρακλήσει comfort

Then 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.

Here: The Spirit's strengthening, urging and consoling presence, the kind of help a person called alongside gives. It also echoes Israel's long-awaited 'consolation' (Isaiah 40:1; Luke 2:25).

Acts 13:15 παρακλήσεως of exhortation

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”

Here: Describes the kind of speech: an exhortation that urges and comforts hearers on the basis of the Scripture just read. Together with "word", it is very likely the standard name for the synagogue sermon.

Acts 15:31 παρακλήσει. encouragement.

When the people read it, they rejoiced at its encouraging message.

Romans 12:8 παρακλήσει, exhortation,

if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

Here: The noun of the same root as the verb. As with 'service… in the service' and 'teacher… in the teaching' (v.7), the repetition means: give yourself to this task and do it fully.

Romans 15:4 παρακλήσεως encouragement

For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

Here: Literally a "calling alongside". It is the voice that urges you on and also consoles you, here the voice of the scriptures.

Romans 15:5 παρακλήσεως encouragement

Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,

Here: Literally being 'called alongside'. The word covers comforting someone, urging them on and strengthening their resolve. In v. 4 the Scriptures give this. Here Paul names God as its ultimate source.

1 Corinthians 14:3 παράκλησιν encouragement

But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.

Here: Literally 'a calling alongside'. It covers urging someone forward, appealing to them, and encouraging them. Here it is speech that moves hearers to act and keep going, so it is firmer than just 'being nice'.

2 Corinthians 1:3 παρακλήσεως, comfort,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

Here: Literally 'a calling alongside'. Here it is consolation that also strengthens someone in suffering. It is the key word of vv. 3–7, where the noun and verb come ten times.

2 Corinthians 1:4 παρακλήσεως comfort

who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Here: The noun matching the verb. Here it means consolation that strengthens a person to endure. In Jewish usage it also carried the hope of God's promised "consolation of Israel."

2 Corinthians 1:5 παράκλησις comfort

For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

Here: Strengthening and consolation that comes from someone standing at your side. It is the key word of 1:3–7 and appears ten times in some form. It also echoes the 'comfort' God promised his suffering people (Isa 40:1).

2 Corinthians 1:6 παρακλήσεως παρακλήσεως comfort

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

Here: Strengthening encouragement that comes from God through people who stand beside you. This is the key word of 1:3–7 (the noun or verb appears ten times there).

2 Corinthians 1:7 παρακλήσεως.¶ comfort.

And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

Here: Comfort in the full sense: being called alongside, consoled, put back on your feet and strengthened to keep going. This is the tenth time the noun or its verb appears in verses 3–7.

2 Corinthians 7:4 παρακλήσει, with encouragement,

Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

Here: The strengthening that comes when someone stands beside you in trouble. This is the key word of 2 Corinthians (1:3–7). Here it is the relief of good news after anxious waiting.

2 Corinthians 7:7 παρακλήσει comfort

and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

Here: The heartening and relief Titus felt at Corinth. A keyword of the whole letter (1:3–7; 7:4, 6, 7, 13), meaning both consolation and being put back on one's feet.

2 Corinthians 7:13 παρακλήσει comfort

On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

Here: The noun of the verb just used. Paul plays on the word: 'we were comforted… besides our comfort'. It means being strengthened and heartened, not only soothed.

2 Corinthians 8:4 παρακλήσεως entreaty

they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

Here: Here it is an earnest appeal or urging, not comfort. The Macedonians were the ones pressing the request, the reverse of a fundraiser pressing donors.

2 Corinthians 8:17 παράκλησιν [our] appeal

For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.

Philippians 2:1 παράκλησις encouragement

Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Here: Literally 'a calling alongside'. It covers urging, heartening and consoling all at once. Here it is the strengthening that comes to believers through their life in Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:3 παράκλησις the exhortation

For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

Here: The whole act of preaching the gospel, seen as a personal, urgent appeal to the hearers: calling them, urging them, and encouraging them. It is not a soft 'encouragement' but the summons of the missionary message.

2 Thessalonians 2:16 παράκλησιν comfort

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,

Here: Literally "a calling-alongside." It means encouragement that strengthens, comfort, and urging all at once. Here it is the steadying God gives to people who have been "shaken" and "alarmed" (2:2).

1 Timothy 4:13 παρακλήσει, to exhortation,

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.

Here: The spoken appeal that urges hearers to act on what was read, and also encourages and comforts them. In synagogue use this was the sermon that followed the readings (Acts 13:15, 'a word of exhortation').

Philemon 1:7 παράκλησιν encouragement

I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

Here: Strengthening encouragement given to someone under pressure. Paul writes as a prisoner (v. 1). The same root comes back in vv. 9–10, "I appeal" (parakalō), so the comfort Paul received sets up the request he is about to make.

Hebrews 6:18 παράκλησιν encouragement

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

Here: This is bracing encouragement that steadies people and urges them on. Hebrews calls itself a 'word of paraklēsis' (13:22).

Hebrews 12:5 παρακλήσεως exhortation

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

Here: A word of urging and encouragement together, spoken by someone who comes alongside you. Hebrews calls the whole letter a "word of paraklēsis" (13:22). Here the writer means the Proverbs passage, which in his view was written to cheer them on, not to crush them.

Hebrews 13:22 παρακλήσεως· of exhortation;

I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.

Here: Describes what the whole work is: an address that urges, warns, strengthens and comforts. The same phrase names a synagogue sermon in Acts 13:15.