When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Parallel translations
- KJV And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
- BSB If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
- NKJV And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
- NASB And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.
- NLT If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Rom 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
- Gal 6:2Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
- Heb 13:3Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
- 1 Pet 3:8Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,
- 2 Cor 11:28–29Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
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