Bible verses about "dependence" | Mace

²¹ from the prophet's OWN MOTION; but the holy men of God spoke by the IMPULSE of the holy spirit.

⁵⁰ but this is the bread which came down from heaven, that he who eats thereof should not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread, that is come down from heaven: whosoever shall eat of this bread, shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. ⁵² Upon this the Jews disputed among themselves, saying, how can this man give us his flesh to eat? ⁵³ but Jesus answer'd, I assure you, except ye eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood, ye will have no life in you. ⁵⁴ he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ for my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁶ he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ as the father who is the source of life hath sent me, and I live by the father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. ⁵⁸ this is that bread which came down from heaven: very different from that manna, which your fathers did eat but died nevertheless: he that eateth of this bread, shall live for ever. ⁵⁹ These things said Jesus in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. ⁶⁰ when many of his disciples, who heard him, said, this is strange doctrine, who can hear it? ⁶¹ Jesus perceiving in himself, that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, doth this offend you? ⁶² what if you should see the son of man ascend up where he was before? ⁶³ it is the action of the mind that vivifies, that of the body profits nothing: the words that I have delivered to you, spiritually understood, give life. ⁶⁴ but there are some of you who do not believe. (for Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that did not believe, and who should betray him.) ⁶⁵ and he said, therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my father. ⁶⁶ From that time many of his disciples withdrew, and associated no longer with him. ⁶⁷ upon which Jesus said to the twelve, will not ye likewise go away? ⁶⁸ but Simon Peter answered, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹ and we have believed and we have acknowledged that you are the Christ, the son of God. ⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, have I not chosen you all twelve, and yet one of you is an avowed enemy? ⁷¹ meaning Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that would betray him, altho' he was one of the twelve.

⁸ For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of that insupportable weight of affliction that over-whelm'd me so in Asia that I despaired even of life: ⁹ nay, I abandon'd my self to death, that I might not rely upon my self for deliverance, but on God who raiseth the dead.

⁴⁷ I declare unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life. ⁴⁸ I am the bread of life, ⁴⁹ your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and there they died. ⁵⁰ but this is the bread which came down from heaven, that he who eats thereof should not die.

⁹ As to brotherly love, I have no occasion to write about it, God himself having instructed you to love one another. ¹⁰ this indeed you practise towards all our brethren in Macedonia; and we only exhort you to advance more and more therein: ¹¹ to study your own quiet, to mind your own affairs, and follow some handicraft trade, as we recommended it to you: ¹² so that your way of life may stand fair to the world, and prevent your being dependent upon any man.

⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for independent of me ye can do nothing.