I use to think edifying meant....only saying GOOD things about the body....Ha, ha....

Rom 14:19
19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

3619 oikodome-

1) (the act of) building, building up
2) metaphorically, edifying, edification;
the act of one who promotes another's growth in Christian wisdom, piety, happiness, or holiness
3) a building (that is, the thing built, edifice)

The goal is WHAT? To make it Into the Kingdom....HalleluYah!