Romans 12:15

World English Bible (2000)

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Χαίρειν μετὰ χαιρόντων, καὶ κλαίειν μετὰ κλαιόντων.

Transliteration

To chairein with chairontōn, and to klaiein with klaiontōn.

Grammar Details

• *chairein*: present active infinitive - to rejoice
• *chairontōn*: present active participle, genitive, masculine, plural - with rejoicing ones
• *klaiein*: present active infinitive - to weep
• *klaiontōn*: present active participle, genitive, masculine, plural - with weeping ones

Word Meanings

• *chairein*: rejoice/be glad/delight
• *chairontōn*: rejoicing/being glad/delighting
• *klaiein*: weep/cry/lament
• *klaiontōn*: weeping/crying/lamenting

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
• Heb 13:3 : 3 Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
• Phil 2:17-18 : 17 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all. 18 In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
• Job 30:25 : 25 Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?
• Ps 35:13-14 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
• Neh 1:4 : 4 It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
• Jer 9:1 : 1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Luke 1:58 : 58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
• 2 Cor 11:29 : 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don't burn with indignation?
• John 11:33-36 : 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 and said, "Where have you laid him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see." 35 Jesus wept. 36 The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"
• Acts 11:23 : 23 who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.
• 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
• Phil 2:26 : 26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
• Phil 2:28 : 28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
• Luke 15:5-9 : 5 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' 7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance. 8 Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it? 9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.' 10 Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
• John 11:19 : 19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
• Job 2:11 : 11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
• Isa 66:10-14 : 10 "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her; 11 that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory." 12 For thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you will nurse. You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem." 14 You will see [it], and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Yahweh shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.