infirmities

They were expected to think well of their rule and their rulers; but the most perspicacious exposure of what he called the infirmities of the company was composed by Mariana.

Lectures on Modern history John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868

Considering her numerous labours, duties, journeys, sicknesses, and infirmities, is it not surprising how she could find time to carry on such an extensive correspondence?

The Letters of St. Teresa 1902

So that Paul instead of desiring the infirmity to "depart," "rather" henceforth "glories in infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest (Greek, 'tabernacle upon,' cover my infirmity all over as with a tabernacle; compare Greek, Joh 1: 12) upon" him.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

He proceeds to illustrate the "glorying in infirmities" (2Co 11: 30).

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

He took pleasure in infirmities for our sakes, to teach us to do so for his sake.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

"With bitter physic purge the bitter bile," [730] so vexed and bitter are you at people's weaknesses and infirmities, which is not reasonable in you.

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

Surely one of our infirmities is our weakness of faith.

Things That Matter Most: Devotional Papers 1817-1893 1913

The sources of his infirmities were a scanty and precarious allowance from the father, the want of a regular plan for some profession, and, above all, the act of throwing him upon the town, when he ought to have been pursuing his studies at the University.

Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 Thomas Moore 1815

Christ delights even in the saints on earth, notwithstanding their weaknesses and manifold infirmities, which is a good reason why we should.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721