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Is empathy sinful?

James White recently claimed, "sympathy is good, empathy is sinful." Is cultivating or practicing empathy a sin? Is it wrong to try to understand the pain of others?

Clarify Share Report Asked March 18 2021 Mini Anonymous

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Mini Anand Mishra

Peter 4:10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another

Galatians 6:2-3 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important

Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love

March 26 2021 Report

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