"Blessed are the
poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew
5:3
"I speak in human terms because
of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you
presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of
lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your
members as slaves of righteousness for holiness."
Romans 6:19
"The Creator of the ends of the earth neither faints nor is
weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might
He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men
shall utterly fall,
But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not
faint."
Isaiah 40:28-31
"Likewise the Spirit also
helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we
should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself
makes intercession for us with greenings which cannot be
uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind
of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the
saints according to the will of God."
Romans 8:26-27
"We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples
of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us
please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification."
Romans 15:1-3
"I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with
excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the
testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything
among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
I was with you in weakness, in fear,
and in much
trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with
persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of
the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in
the wisdom of men but in the power of God."
1
Corinthians 2:1-5
"You are already full! You are already rich! You have
reigned as kings without us—and indeed I could wish you did
reign, that we also might reign with you! For I think that
God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men
condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the
world, both to angels and to men. We are
fools for
Christ’s sake,
but you are wise in Christ!
We are weak,
but you are strong! You are distinguished, but
we are
dishonored! To the
present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly
clothed, and beaten, and homeless. And we labor, working
with our own hands.
Being reviled, we bless;
being
persecuted, we
endure; being
defamed, we
entreat. We have been
made as the
filth of the
world, the
offscouring of all things until now."
1
Corinthians
4:8-13
"For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a
servant to all, that
I might win the more; and to the Jews I became as a Jew,
that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as
under the law, that I might win those who are under the law;
to those who are without law, as without law (not being
without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I
might win those who are without
law; to the weak I became as weak, that I might
win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I
might by all means save some. Now this I do for the gospel’s
sake, that I may be partaker of it with you."
1
Corinthians 9:19-23
"So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown
in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in
dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is
sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body."
1
Corinthians
15:42-44
"... we were
burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we
despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of death in
ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in
God..."
2
Corinthians 1:8-9
"'For his letters,' they say,
're weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak,
and his speech contemptible.' Let such a person
consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we
are absent, such we will also be in deed when we are
present."
2
Corinthians
10:10-11
"The body is
sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. It is sown
in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is
sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body."
1
Corinthians 15:42-44
"Who
is weak, and I am not weak?
Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
If I must boast, I will boast in the things which concern
my infirmity."
2
Corinthians
11:29-30
"And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance
of the revelations,
a thorn in the
flesh was given to me,
a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above
measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three
times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, 'My
grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect
in weakness.'
Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my
infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for
Christ’s sake. For
when I am
weak, then I am strong."
2
Corinthians
12:7-10
"...since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me,
who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you. For
though
He was crucified in weakness,
yet
He lives by the power of God.
For
we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the
power of God toward
you."
2
Corinthians
13:2-4
"Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses.
For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought,
but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with
greenings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the
hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He
makes intercession for the saints according to the will
of God."
Romans 8:26-27
"For we do not have a High
Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in
all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us
therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
Hebrews 4:15-16
"He [every high priest] can have compassion on those who are
ignorant and going astray, since he himself
is also subject to weakness."
Hebrews 5:2-3