1 Corinthians 12:26 — Community Reflections

1 CORINTHIANS 12:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.”

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it — the sympa theia (suffering together) and synchairō (rejoicing together) create an organic solidarity where joy or pain in one member is immediately felt throughout the body; this is not sentimentality but the actual physiology of the mystical body.

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Adam SmithNote1mo ago

Suffering and Rejoicing Together

Paul describes the body: 'If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.' This is how the body actually works. My daughter was diagnosed with ty...