Weak in the Flesh, Living by God’s Power
For it befits God alone to be able to do all things, so as even to destroy the power of death itself, and to crown the body held fast by corruption with the grace of incorruption. So He willingly endured being weak for a little while, as far as the nature of the flesh is concerned, just as He is indeed said to have hungered (Matthew 4:2), to have thirsted (John 19:28), and to have grown weary (John 4:6), and even to have died, for the sake of the economy.
Yet He lives by the power of God (2 Corinthians 13:4). He did not receive the power to do all things from another, but has it of Himself and possesses it in His very being; for the One who suffered in the flesh for us is God by nature. So if they stumble over the cross, let them marvel at the resurrection. And even if He is said to live by the power of God, you will none the less understand the power of God to be the Son Himself (1 Corinthians 1:24).
Greek
Θεῷ γὰρ ἂν πρέποι καὶ μόνῳ τὸ δύνασθαι πάντα δρᾶν· ὡς καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θανάτου καταλῦσαι τὸ κράτος, καὶ τὸ τῇ φθορᾷ κάτοχον σῶμα τῇ τῆς ἀφθαρσίας στεφανῶσαι χάριτι. οὐκοῦν ὑπέμεινεν ἑκὼν τὸ ἀσθενῆσαι βραχὺ κατά γε τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς φύσιν· καθάπερ ἀμέλει πεινῆσαί τε καὶ διψῆσαι καὶ κοπιάσαι λέγεται, καὶ μὴν καὶ ἀποθανεῖν διὰ τὴν οἰκονομίαν· ζῇ γεμὴν ἐκ δυνάμεως Θεοῦ, καὶ οὐ παρ' ἑτέρου τὸ πάντα δύνασθαι λαβὼν, ἀλλ' οἴκοθεν ἔχων καὶ οὐσιωδῶς ἐνυπάρχων· Θεὸς γάρ ἐστιν κατὰ φύσιν ὁ σαρκὶ παθὼν δι' ἡμᾶς· Οὐκοῦν εἰ σκανδαλίζονται διὰ τὸν σταυρὸν, θαυμαζέτωσαν διὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν· κἂν εἰ λέγοιτο ζῆν ἐκ δυνάμεως Θεοῦ, οὐδὲν ἧττον νοήσεις τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ δύναμιν αὐτὸν τὸν Υἱόν. 17