We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
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.
We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
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