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13 [a]Yet I, when they were ill, put on sackcloth,
    afflicted myself with fasting,
    sobbed my prayers upon my bosom.

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  1. 35:13, 15–17 The Hebrew is obscure.

13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth(A)
    and humbled myself with fasting.(B)
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,

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34 Do not avoid those who weep,
    but mourn with those who mourn.(A)

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'Sirach 7:34' not found for the version: New International Version.

26 If [one] part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy.

Application to Christ.[a]

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  1. 12:27–30 Paul now applies the image again to the church as a whole and its members (1 Cor 12:27). The lists in 1 Cor 12:28–30 spell out the parallelism by specifying the diversity of functions found in the church (cf. Rom 12:6–8; Eph 4:11).

26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

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