Fraqueza
A fraqueza humana não é fraqueza diante de Deus. Pelo contrário, é na nossa fragilidade que o poder de Cristo se aperfeiçoa. Deus escolhe os fracos para confundir os fortes.
Poder na fraqueza
A minha graça te basta, pois o meu poder se aperfeiçoa na fraqueza. Quando sou fraco, então é que sou forte.
9 And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me.
10 Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in restrictions, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
7 For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of soberness.
13 I can do all things in the Christ who strengthens me.
Deus cuida dos fracos
O Senhor está perto dos que têm o coração quebrantado. Ele dá poder aos fracos e renova a força dos cansados.
29 He gives power to the faint. And to him who has no might he increases strength.
26 My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
3 Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man.
7 having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.
28 Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest.
Compaixão e intercessão
O Espírito intercede por nós com gemidos inexprimíveis. Jesus compreende nossas fraquezas porque foi tentado como nós.
26 And likewise also the Spirit helps our weaknesses, for we know not what we would pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who was tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.
41 Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
8 Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.