For example, during a time when the congregation in Thessalonica underwent severe persecution, Paul urged those Christians to “keep encouraging one another and building one another up, just as [they were] in fact doing. ”
Di masa yang sulit itu, mereka semakin perlu menguatkan satu sama lain. Mereka bisa tetap setia kepada Yehuwa karena mereka berkumpul bersama dan menjalin persahabatan.