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.
And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.
Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful.
For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion.
I have strength for all things in him that gives me power.
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.
He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
having cast all your care upon him, for he cares about you.
Come to me, all ye who labour and are 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.
And in like manner the Spirit joins also its help to our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray for as is fitting, but the Spirit itself makes intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered.
For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is ready, but the flesh weak.
A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.