Romans 15:1

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says Yahweh. ‘Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says Yahweh, ‘and work, for I am with you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him. You shall surely help him with it.

You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent.

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.”

“You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.

You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them. You shall surely help him to lift them up again.

He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

The men who have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives, and with the plunder clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them, gave them sandals, and gave them something to eat and to drink, anointed them, carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.