Meaning of “Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another.”

Friendship and community require emotional presence in both directions, sharing another person’s joy as well as sorrow.

Love is framed as a practice people owe one another, not only as a private emotion or preference.

Marcus treats humane regard as compatible with recognizing wrongdoing, because error does not erase shared human kinship.

Ruskin presents affection toward children as relational rather than one-way: care given to a child can be met with trust, warmth and generosity in return.

Affection is joined with honor: care for others includes deliberately giving them regard rather than competing for status.

Moral development is not purely solitary; people can strengthen one another through counsel, example, correction, and shared practice.