1 Corinthians 12:26 (WEB)
When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Catechism · 3
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
“In this sense it does not simply heal the one restored to ecclesial communion, but has also a revitalizing effect on the life of the Church which suffered from the sin of one of her members.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 12:26.
The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit
- §791Paragraph 2 · The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy SpiritRead at vatican.va
“The unity of the Mystical Body produces and stimulates charity among the faithful: "From this it follows that if one member suffers anything, all the members suffer with him, and if one member is honored, all the members together rejoice."” — Catechism footnote: LG 7 # 3; cf. 1 Cor 12:26.
The Communion of Saints
“Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 12:26-27.
Fathers and councils · 23
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.30Conference VII
“…them as our own members, and sympathize with them with all our hearts and the fullest affection (for “when one member suffers, all the members suffer with it”), as we know that we cannot possibly be perfected without them inasmuch as they are members of us, just as we read that our predecessors could not attain the…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
Read the whole comment “…if for my own limbs and members: for if as the Apostle says, when the smaller part of the body is grieved, the greater part grieves and sympathizes with it, how much more should the smaller part sympathize when the greater part is grieved?” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. xii. 26.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And again he has laid it down in his epistle, saying, “Whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member rejoice, all the members rejoice with it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
Read the whole comment“And again: “Whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member rejoice, all the members rejoice with it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
Read the whole comment“…since the Apostle Paul speaks, saying, “Whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member rejoice, all the members rejoice with it;” and in another place he says, “Who is weak, and I am not weak?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
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Gregory the Great
“And since we have learnt from the preaching of Paul the apostle that If one member rejoice, all the members rejoice with it (1 Cor. xii. 26), you must needs consider with how great exultation I rejoice with you in this thing, wherein not one member, but many members of Christ have rejoiced.” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“Not so again the apostle: “For whether,” saith he, “one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
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Augustine of Hippo
““If one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and if one member be glorified, all the members rejoice with it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
Read the whole comment““And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26, 27.
Read the whole comment“…self-same care one for another: and whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it: or one member be glorified, all the members rejoice with it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 24, 25, 26
Read the whole comment“Do all interpret?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 8–30.
Read the whole comment“Because of this, the members thereof have a mutual interest in one another; and if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 25, 26.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“So says the divine Apostle; “Whether one member be honoured all the members rejoice with it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26
Read the whole comment“If, when one member is in pain the whole body is partaker of the pang, how can we forbear from lamentation when all the body is distressed?” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. xii. 26
Read the whole comment“Thus reflecting I have been confounded and filled with much discouragement, for, as says the divine Apostle, “whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26
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Basil the Great
“The Christian ought not to grudge another’s reputation, nor rejoice over any man’s faults; he ought in Christ’s love to grieve and be afflicted at his brother’s faults, and rejoice over his brother’s good deeds.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
Read the whole comment“Our sufferings are such as to have reached the confines of the empire; and since, when one member suffers, all the members suffer, it is doubtless right that your pity should be shown to us who have been so long in trouble.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore, “whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
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Jerome
“Read Paul’s epistle to the Corinthians and learn how the one body is made up of different members.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 12–27.
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Tertullian
“The body cannot feel gladness at the trouble of any one member, it must necessarily join with one consent in the grief, and in labouring for the remedy.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
Read the whole comment“This, too, I may confidently say: he who has likened the unity of our body throughout its manifold and divers members to the compacting together of the various gifts of the Spirit, shows also that there is but one Lord of the human body and of the Holy Spirit.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 12–30, compared with Eph. iv. 16.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 26.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.14On Virginity
“Therefore, by contraries, the depravation of anything in our moral nature will extend to the whole virtuous life; and in very truth, as the Apostle tells us, the whole is affected by the parts, and “if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it,” “if one be honoured, all rejoice.”” — editor's note: μέλος (not as Galesinius, μέρος), 1 Cor. xii. 26.
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Cross-references · 38
Cited together in Catechism §953.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.31.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 11 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §791 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §791.
Cited together in Letters Letter 63.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.31.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.30.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.30.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.31.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 242.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 10.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.3.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 59.
Cited together in Catechism §953.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 11.
Cited together in Catechism §953.