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WORKSHEET ON SOLIDARITY
Read 1 Corinthians 12:130 and answer the following questions as completely as possible.

1. What does the passage mean?

2. Relate this passage to the human family. Are all people given the same gifts? Where do our gifts and talents come from?

3. Review verses 2225. Who in our world seem to be the weaker members? What would Paul say about them in reality?

4. Given the message of this passage, what should be the response of Christians to the suffering of people in war-torn countries, to the plight
of the poor, to the struggle of the persecuted? (Cf. v. 26)

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BIBLE SEARCH: OPTION FOR THE POOR

Please read the following passages from the Bible. Summarize them in the spaces below.

Sirach 3:294:10

Sirach 7:32

Amos 8:410

Luke 6:20

Acts 4:3235

1 Timothy 6:1719

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BIBLE SEARCH: THE FAMILY

Read the following passages from the Bible. Then summarize them in the spaces below.

Genesis 2:1824

Proverbs 13:1

Proverbs 23:2225

Sirach 3:116

Sirach 30:16

Luke 2:5152

Exodus 20:12

Ephesians 5:2133

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