John 5:7
The sick man answered him: Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred; but while I am coming, another goes down before me.
Romans 5:6
For when we were yet without strength, at the appointed time, Christ died for the ungodly.
1 Corinthians 9:24
Know you not that all the runners in the race-course run the race, but that one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain the prize.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which came upon us in Asia, that we were exceedingly oppressed, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.
John 5:3
In these lay a great multitude of sick persons, blind, lame, withered, who waited for the moving of the water.