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 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
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 strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and 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 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are —yet he did not sin.
41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.