John 5:7
The infirm man answered him, Sir, I have no man to put me into the bath, when the water is troubled; and while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
Romans 5:6
For when we were yet without strength, in due time, Christ died for the ungodly.
1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not, that they who run in the race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? so run that ye may obtain.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of the trouble which befell us in Asia, that we were exceedingly pressed, above our strength, so that we despaired even of life.
John 5:3
In these lay a great multitude of diseased, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.