And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

As elsewhere, love follows faith and hope: the Pauline triad of graces.

Consider, [ katanooomen (G2657)] - with the mind attentively fixed on "one another" (note, Hebrews 3:1), contemplating considerately the characters and wants of our brethren, so as to render mutual help. Compare Psalms 41:1; Hebrews 12:15, "(All) looking diligently lest any ... fail of the grace of God."

To provoke, [ eis (G1519) paroxusmon (G3948)] - 'with a view to PROVOKING unto love,' instead of to hatred, as is too often the case. The only right 'provocation' (Ephesians 4:26): once Paul forgot his own rule [Acts 15:39: paroxusmos (G3948), "contention"].

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