I like how some Bible versions put it --- to PROVOKE each other into love and good works.
Provoke to me has always had a negative connotation to it but here it sounds like a good thing or at the very least can be used as a good thing.
PROVOKE = http://www.thefreedictionary.com/provoke
pro·voked, pro·vok·ing, pro·vokes
1. To incite to anger or resentment.
2. To stir to action or feeling.
3. To give rise to; evoke: "provoke laughter".
4. To bring about deliberately; induce: "provoke a fight".
So not only should we meet together regularly, but we we should be stirring each other into action. What action...? ...love and good works.
Good lesson to take note of. :o)
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