34 Bible Verses about Weakness

but he said to me, "my favour is sufficient for thee: for my strength is shown to be perfect by thy weakness." with pleasure therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may be seen to dwell in me.

If I must be compell'd to glory, I will glory on the account of my sufferings.

it is sown in dishonour, it will be raised in glory: it is sown in decay, it will be raised in power:

who is afflicted, and I not suffer? who is offended, and I not inflam'd?

to the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: I became all things to all men, that I might save all sorts of men.

for this divine doctrine, as foolish and weak as men may think it, far surpasses all their wisdom, and baffles all their power.

but take care that this liberty of yours does not prove a scandal to the weak.

but God hath chosen those who are foolish in the opinion of the world, to confound the wise; and the weak men of the world to confound the mighty:

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in great agony:

The spirit likewise softens our afflictions: for being at a loss to apply for the most proper relief; the spirit it self affects us with those pious ejaculations, which we can't well express.

I take pleasure then in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am afflicted, then it is I have fortitude.

for tho' he was crucified with the appearance of weakness, yet he lives by the power of God; tho' we are afflicted upon his account, we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

I add, we that are better inform'd ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not study our own pleasure.

I am therefore glad when I am disarm'd by the strength of your integrity: and this is what I pray for, even your perfection.

hence it is, that many are weak and sickly among you, and no small number now sleep in their graves.

for if any man see you who have a just notion of idols, sitting at table in their temple, will not the person who is wrong in his notions be incouraged to eat what is offered to idols, tho' contrary to his own opinion?

God having sent his own son invested with a body like that of sinful men, as a sacrifice for sin, thereby destroyed its power; which the law could not effect, human nature being in such a corrupted state.

watch and pray that ye may not sink under the trial: the mind indeed is vigorous, but the flesh is weak.

we are made fools for our attachment to Christ, while you, who are christians too, still pass for the wise: we are in poverty, but you are in power: you meet with esteem, but we find contempt.

for one makes no difficulty of eating all sorts of food: another is so scrupulous, he lives upon herbs.

It is not you that have done me any injury: tho' you knew through what infirmity of the flesh I heretofore preached the gospel to you,

not an high priest who is incapable of compassionating our miseries; since he was exposed to the same trials as we are, sin only excepted. let

it is better to abstain from flesh, and wine, and every thing whereby your brother is in danger of falling off.

A weak convert receive as a friend without regard to any difference of opinion.

he might have the greater compassion for those who sin through ignorance or mistake. and for the same reason

far from being weak in faith, unconcern'd at his own bodily decay, being then about an hundred years old, and at Sarah's incapacity of child-bearing,

or rather that you are favoured by him, how can ye turn again to the weak and beggarly elements of the law, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

(for 'tis objected that my letters are weighty and powerful, but my bodily presence weak, and my preaching

to these things I am equal, thro' Christ who strengthens me.

Wherefore "strengthen your weak hands and your feeble knees.