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Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Romans 12:15 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
  • KJV Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
  • NKJV Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
  • NASB Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
  • NLT Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep.

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Quick answer

Share others' joys and sorrows: rejoice with the glad and weep with the grieving.

Overview

Paul calls for deep, empathetic fellowship within the body of Christ. Genuine love enters into others' experiences, celebrating their joys and sharing their griefs. This mutual sympathy reflects the unity of believers who are 'members one of another.'

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • 1 Cor 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
  • Heb 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
  • Ps 35:13–14Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
  • John 11:33–36When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
  • Job 30:25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
  • Luke 1:58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
  • Phil 2:17–18But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
  • Jer 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
  • Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
  • Luke 15:5–10And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,
  • Isa 66:10–14Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
  • 2 Cor 2:3I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
  • John 11:19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
  • Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
  • Neh 1:4When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
  • Phil 2:28Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.
  • 2 Cor 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
  • Phil 2:26For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Romans videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Paul unfolds the gospel in full: Christ our righteousness received by faith, the second Adam in whom many are made righteous, in whose death and resurrection we are buried and raised.

How Romans 12:15 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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