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Exhortatory

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ex·hor·ta·tive  (g-zôrt-tv) also ex·hor·ta·to·ry (-tôr, -tr)
adj.
Acting or intended to encourage, incite, or advise.
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Adj.1.exhortatory - giving strong encouragement
exhortative, hortative, hortatory
encouraging - giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"


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Yet we have parallel exhortations in John 15 to "remain" and "love," which are both clearly in an exhortatory or deliberative mode.
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