For this reason, I rejoice when I endure weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and distress for the sake of Christ. For it is when I am weak that I am strong. | For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. |
But he answered me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” Hence, I will boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell within me. | 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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. |
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Even should my heart and my flesh fail, God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever. | My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. |
He gives strength to the weary and new vigor to those who are powerless. | He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. |
Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares about you. | Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. |
Come to me, all you who are weary and overburdened, and I will give you rest. | Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. |
In the same way, even the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs that cannot be put into words. | Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. |
I can do all things in him who strengthens me. | I can do all things through him who strengthens me. |
Stay awake and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak. | Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. |
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but rather a spirit of power and of love and of wisdom. | For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. |
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tested in every respect as we are, but without sinning. | For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. |
A cheerful heart is excellent medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. | A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. |
Speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves, and defend the rights of the destitute. | Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. |
Grant justice to the weak and the orphan; defend the rights of the lowly and the poor. | Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. |
The depths of the sea resound in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and your breakers sweep over me. | Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me. |