Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn? — Paul's *empathy* (*sympáschō*, suffer with) extends to *all affliction*. When the weak *fail*, Paul *feels* their *astheneia*, weakness. When brothers *stumble*, he *burns* (*purióō*, inflamed with indignation). *Pastoral love* means *identification* with congregational suffering.

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