Being a part of the church is vitally important, for it is there that we “exhort one another” (among other things). The word “exhort” comes from the Greek term parakaleo, which literally means, “to call alongside.” Some translations render it “to encourage.” God consistently instructs us to exhort one another, and in this verse, He directs us to do so “daily” and “while it is called ‘today.’" This indicates He wants us to schedule regular, even urgent contact with one another. Why? Because when we avoid significant contact with other believers, it’s a lot easier to slide, unnoticed, into destructive patterns of sin.
Taken from Start! The Bible for New Believers
“But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.”
Hebrews 3:13
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