Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Bible References
Flesh
2 Corinthians 4:8
Though hard pressed on every side, we are never hemmed in; through perplexed, never driven to despair;
Philippians 1:21
For to me life is Christ, and death is gain.
2 Timothy 4:6
As for me, my life blood is already being poured out; the time of my departure is close at hand.
2 Peter 1:14
for I know that the time for this 'tent' of mine to be put away is soon coming, as our Lord Jesus Christ himself assured me.
But
2 Corinthians 12:9
But his reply has been-- 'My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.' Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me.