Bible Verses about “becoming weak”

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

“¶ Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.”

“And he said unto me, ‹My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.› Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

“But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”

“And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

“And patience, experience; and experience, hope:”

“As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.”

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”

“Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.”

“¶ Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;”

“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”

“For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:”

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:”

“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:”

“Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.”

“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

“¶ Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”

“Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”

“¶ To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious,”

“Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.”

“For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.”

“Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.”

“If so be ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious.”

“For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.”

“Which in time past [were] not a people, but [are] now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.”

“Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.”

“For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.”

“Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:”

“Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:”

“And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.”

“Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,”

“¶ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”

“(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.”

“Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”

“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

“¶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”

“Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”

“For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”

“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”

“But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.”

“And not as [it was] by one that sinned, [so is] the gift: for the judgment [was] by one to condemnation, but the free gift [is] of many offences unto justification.”

“For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)”

“Therefore as by the offence of one [judgment came] upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men unto justification of life.”

“For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.”

“Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:”

“That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”