"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