I am telling you this simply for your edification. 我只是为了开导你才告诉你这件事的.
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. 2 我们各人务要叫邻舍喜悦,使他得益处,建立德行。
But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation. 林前14:3但作先知讲道的、对人说、造就、慰、勉人。
edification
[ noun ] uplifting enlightenment <noun.cognition>
Edification \Ed`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. aedificatio: cf. F. ['e]dification. See {Edify}.] 1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
The assured edification of his church. --Bp. Hall.
Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. --Addison.