G0770G–ἀσθενέω–astheneō

In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "`It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

ἀσθενούντων, asthenountōn “being weak,”

And, without growing weak in faith, he could contemplate his own vital powers which had now decayed--for he was nearly 100 years old--and Sarah's barrenness.

ἀσθενήσας asthenēsas “having become weak”

For what was impossible to the Law--powerless as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature;

ἠσθένει ēsthenei “it was weak”

I now pass to another subject. Receive as a friend a man whose faith is weak, but not for the purpose of deciding mere matters of opinion.

ἀσθενοῦντα asthenounta “being weak”

One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.

ἀσθενῶν asthenōn “being weak”

The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall.

ἀσθενεῖ asthenei “is weak”

Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died!

ἀσθενῶν asthenōn “is being weak”

Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ.

ἀσθενοῦσαν, asthenousan “being weak,”

I use the language of self-disparagement, as though I were admitting our own feebleness. Yet for whatever reason any one is `courageous' --I speak in mere folly--I also am courageous.

ἠσθενήκαμεν· ēsthenēkamen “have been weak!”

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led astray into sin, and I am not aflame with indignation?

ἀσθενεῖ, asthenei “is weak,”ἀσθενῶ; asthenō “I am weak?”

In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

ἀσθενῶ asthenō “I may be weak”

since you want a practical proof of the fact that Christ speaks by my lips--He who is not feeble towards you, but powerful among you.

ἀσθενεῖ asthenei “is weak”

For though it is true that He was crucified through weakness, yet He now lives through the power of God. We also are weak, sharing His weakness, but with Him we shall be full of life to deal with you through the power of God.

ἀσθενοῦμεν asthenoumen “are weak”

and it is a joy to us when we are powerless, but you are strong. This we also pray for--the perfecting of your characters.

ἀσθενῶμεν, asthenōmen “may be weak,”