John 5:7
The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is disturbed, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming another goes down before me.
Romans 5:6
For when we were yet weak, in due time Christ died for the wicked;
1 Corinthians 9:24
Know you not that those who run in the race all indeed run, but one takes the prize. So run that you may obtain.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, of our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were exceedingly oppressed beyond our power, so that we despaired even of life;
John 5:3
In these lay a multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered.