John 5:7
the sick man answered him, sir, I have nobody to put me into the pool when the water has been agitated: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
Romans 5:6
for at the appointed time Christ died for us, when we were in a helpless, sinful state.
1 Corinthians 9:24
You know, that in a race, tho' all run, but one receives the prize: so run, that you may obtain.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of that insupportable weight of affliction that over-whelm'd me so in Asia that I despaired even of life:
John 5:3
where a great number of infirm, blind, lame, and paralytic people lay waiting for the moving of the water: