(remember: I am growing toward Christian maturity - and this is one of the excellent things I am blessed to pursue)
sympathy (as in 1 Pt 3:8)
having a fellow feeling with, having like feelings
experiencing pain jointly of the same kind
(specifically persecution)
suffering with another - being mutually commiserative
being affected similarly
(and this leading to, involving) having compassion on them
note: sympathy has a biblical origin (suffering with someone similarly)
note: empathy has its origins in worldly psychology (thought to be the ability to project oneself into another person's miseries and experience their suffering)
I desire to speak biblically. I have used the word empathy ignorantly. I am glad to know the origin of this word so I can eliminate it from my speech.
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