³ Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

⁹ And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.

²⁶ My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.

²² A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

⁷ Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

¹³ I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

²⁶ And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

¹⁰ So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

²⁸ Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

¹⁵ For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

²⁹ He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.

⁴¹ Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

⁸ Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.