failures

²³For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.

²⁶My body has failed, and my heart: O God of my heart, and God my portion, into eternity.

¹⁶For the just one will fall seven times, and he shall rise again. But the impious will fall into evil.

²For we all offend in many ways. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man. And he is then able, as if with a bridle, to lead the whole body around.

⁹And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me. ¹⁰Because of this, I am pleased in my infirmity: in reproaches, in difficulties, in persecutions, in distresses, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am powerful.

¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

⁹And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.

⁸If we claim that we have no sin, then we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

⁸You, my enemy, should not rejoice over me because I have fallen. I will rise up, when I sit in darkness. The Lord is my light.

¹³Whoever hides his crimes will not be guided. But whoever will have confessed and abandoned them shall overtake mercy.

¹³Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead, ¹⁴I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.

³¹And the Lord said: “Simon, Simon! Behold, Satan has asked for you, so that he may sift you like wheat. ³²But I have prayed for you, so that your faith may not fail, and so that you, once converted, may confirm your brothers.”

⁷But I will look towards the Lord. I will wait for God, my Savior. My God will hear me. ⁸You, my enemy, should not rejoice over me because I have fallen. I will rise up, when I sit in darkness. The Lord is my light.

²³The steps of a man will be directed by the Lord, and he will choose his way. ²⁴When he falls, he will not be harmed, because the Lord places his hand under him.

¹⁴The Lord lifts up all who have fallen down, and he sets upright all who have been thrown down.

¹Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.

³²But I have prayed for you, so that your faith may not fail, and so that you, once converted, may confirm your brothers.”

⁸In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute. ⁹We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.

¹⁰But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering.

⁴And you will say to them: Thus says the Lord: He who falls, will he not rise again? And he who has been turned away, will he not return?