John 5:7

The invalid answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am coming [to get into it myself], someone else steps down ahead of me.”

Deuteronomy 32:36


“For the Lord will vindicate His people,
And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength (hand) is gone,
And none remains, whether bond or free.

Psalm 72:12


For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.

Psalm 142:4


Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;
For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].
Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;
No one cares about my life.

Romans 5:6

While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly.

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run [their very best to win], but only one receives the prize? Run [your race] in such a way that you may seize the prize and make it yours!

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

For we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about our trouble in [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], how we were utterly weighed down, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life [itself].

John 5:3

In these porticoes lay a great number of people who were sick, blind, lame, withered, [waiting for the stirring of the water;

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Summary

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

Bible References

I have

Deuteronomy 32:36

“For the Lord will vindicate His people,
And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength (hand) is gone,
And none remains, whether bond or free.
Psalm 72:12

For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.
Psalm 142:4

Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;
For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].
Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;
No one cares about my life.
Romans 5:6
While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly.
2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about our trouble in [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], how we were utterly weighed down, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life [itself].

Before

John 5:4
for an angel of the Lord went down into the pool at appointed seasons and stirred up the water; the first one to go in after the water was stirred was healed of his disease.]
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run [their very best to win], but only one receives the prize? Run [your race] in such a way that you may seize the prize and make it yours!