And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Parallel translations
- WEB When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, 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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Quick answer
When one member suffers, all suffer together; when one is honored, all rejoice. The body shares deeply in each member's experience.
Overview
Paul describes the profound solidarity that should mark Christ's body. Genuine union means another's pain and joy become the whole church's pain and joy. This empathy is not optional sentiment but the natural fruit of being one body in Christ, who Himself sympathizes with His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Rom 12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
- Gal 6:2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
- Heb 13:3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
- 1 Pet 3:8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
- 2 Cor 11:28–29Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
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