And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

II Corinthians 12.7f

Scripture teaches that the Power of God is made perfect in weakness. This teaching is encoded in the intrinsic alphanumeric structure of the Greek language. I begin with the word "weakness" from the verse above:

 (Astheneia, Weakness) = 281

The Number 281 is prime. It is further associated with the idea of weakness through the symbol of Christ as the sacrificial Lamb of God (Revelation 5.6):

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

The Lamb represents the perfection of weakness that Almighty God accepted when he went to the Cross. We have the identity:

(Arnion, Lamb) = 281

Paul expands upon the relation between weakness (astheneia) and the Power of God in II Corinthians 13.4:

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

In the nominative case, we have the identity:

Interpreting this with the associated concepts, we have this relation:

The Power of God = 7 (Perfection) x 281 (Weakness)

This is an example of how the symbolic meaning of the Number Seven as revealed in the text of Scripture manifests in the numeric values of God's Words to reiterate fundamental doctrines. More examples are given in Multiples of Seven.

This Power of God manifests in our mortal flesh, as it is written in II Corinthians 4.10f:

Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

We have the identity:

Here then are the gathered results:

Factors: 7 x 281

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