Bible verses about "dependence" | BIB

²¹ οὐ (Not) γὰρ (for) θελήματι (by the will) ἀνθρώπου (of man) ἠνέχθη (was brought) προφητεία (prophecy) ποτέ (at any time), ἀλλὰ (but) ὑπὸ (by) Πνεύματος (the Spirit) Ἁγίου (Holy) φερόμενοι (being carried), ἐλάλησαν (spoke) ἀπὸ (from) Θεοῦ (God) ἄνθρωποι (men).

⁵⁰ οὗτός (This) ἐστιν (is) ὁ (the) ἄρτος (bread) ὁ (-) ἐκ (from) τοῦ (-) οὐρανοῦ (heaven) καταβαίνων (coming down), ἵνα (that) τις (anyone) ἐξ (of) αὐτοῦ (it) φάγῃ (may eat), καὶ (and) μὴ (not) ἀποθάνῃ (die). ⁵¹ ἐγώ (I) εἰμι (am) ὁ (the) ἄρτος (bread) ὁ (-) ζῶν (living), ὁ (-) ἐκ (from) τοῦ (-) οὐρανοῦ (heaven) καταβάς (having come down); ἐάν (if) τις (anyone) φάγῃ (shall have eaten) ἐκ (of) τούτου (this) τοῦ (-) ἄρτου (bread), ζήσει (he will live) εἰς (to) τὸν (the) αἰῶνα (age); καὶ (and) ὁ (the) ἄρτος (bread) δὲ (also) ὃν (that) ἐγὼ (I) δώσω (will give), ἡ (the) σάρξ (flesh) μού (of Me) ἐστιν (is) ὑπὲρ (for) τῆς (the) τοῦ (of the) κόσμου (world) ζωῆς (life).” ⁵² Ἐμάχοντο (Were arguing) οὖν (therefore) πρὸς (with) ἀλλήλους (one another) οἱ (the) Ἰουδαῖοι (Jews), λέγοντες (saying), “Πῶς (How) δύναται (is able) οὗτος (this man) ἡμῖν (us) δοῦναι (to give) τὴν (the) σάρκα (flesh) ‹αὐτοῦ› (of Him) φαγεῖν (to eat)?” ⁵³ Εἶπεν (Said) οὖν (therefore) αὐτοῖς (to them) ὁ (-) Ἰησοῦς (Jesus), “Ἀμὴν (Truly), ἀμὴν (truly), λέγω (I say) ὑμῖν (to you), ἐὰν (if) μὴ (not) φάγητε (you shall have eaten) τὴν (the) σάρκα (flesh) τοῦ (of the) Υἱοῦ (Son) τοῦ (-) ἀνθρώπου (of Man), καὶ (and) πίητε (shall have drunk) αὐτοῦ (of Him) τὸ (the) αἷμα (blood), οὐκ (not) ἔχετε (you have) ζωὴν (life) ἐν (in) ἑαυτοῖς (yourselves). ⁵⁴ ὁ (The one) τρώγων (eating) μου (of Me) τὴν (the) σάρκα (flesh), καὶ (and) πίνων (drinking) μου (of Me) τὸ (the) αἷμα (blood), ἔχει (has) ζωὴν (life) αἰώνιον (eternal), κἀγὼ (and I) ἀναστήσω (will raise up) αὐτὸν (him) τῇ (in the) ἐσχάτῃ (last) ἡμέρᾳ (day). ⁵⁵ ἡ (The) γὰρ (for) σάρξ (flesh) μου (of Me), ἀληθής (true) ἐστιν (is) βρῶσις (food), καὶ (and) τὸ (the) αἷμά (blood) μου (of Me), ἀληθής (true) ἐστιν (is) πόσις (drink). ⁵⁶ Ὁ (The one) τρώγων (eating) μου (of Me) τὴν (the) σάρκα (flesh) καὶ (and) πίνων (drinking) μου (of Me) τὸ (the) αἷμα (blood), ἐν (in) ἐμοὶ (Me) μένει (abides), κἀγὼ (and I) ἐν (in) αὐτῷ (him). ⁵⁷ καθὼς (As) ἀπέστειλέν (sent) με (Me) ὁ (the) ζῶν (living) Πατὴρ (Father), κἀγὼ (and I) ζῶ (live) διὰ (because of) τὸν (the) Πατέρα (Father), καὶ (also) ὁ (the one) τρώγων (feeding on) με (Me), κἀκεῖνος (he also) ζήσει (will live) δι’ (because of) ἐμέ (Me). ⁵⁸ οὗτός (This) ἐστιν (is) ὁ (the) ἄρτος (bread) ὁ (-) ἐξ (from) οὐρανοῦ (heaven) καταβάς (having come down), οὐ (not) καθὼς (as) ἔφαγον (ate) οἱ (the) πατέρες (fathers) καὶ (and) ἀπέθανον (died). ὁ (The one) τρώγων (eating) τοῦτον (this) τὸν (-) ἄρτον (bread) ζήσει (will live) εἰς (to) τὸν (the) αἰῶνα (age).” ⁵⁹ Ταῦτα (These things) εἶπεν (He said) ἐν (in) συναγωγῇ (the synagogue), διδάσκων (teaching) ἐν (in) Καφαρναούμ (Capernaum). ⁶⁰ Πολλοὶ (Many) οὖν (therefore), ἀκούσαντες (having heard), ἐκ (of) τῶν (the) μαθητῶν (disciples) αὐτοῦ (of Him), εἶπαν (said), “Σκληρός (Difficult) ἐστιν (is) ὁ (the) λόγος (word) οὗτος (this); τίς (who) δύναται (is able) αὐτοῦ (it) ἀκούειν (to hear)?” ⁶¹ Εἰδὼς (Knowing) δὲ (however) ὁ (-) Ἰησοῦς (Jesus) ἐν (in) ἑαυτῷ (Himself) ὅτι (that) γογγύζουσιν (are grumbling) περὶ (about) τούτου (this) οἱ (the) μαθηταὶ (disciples) αὐτοῦ (of Him), εἶπεν (He said) αὐτοῖς (to them), “Τοῦτο (This) ὑμᾶς (you) σκανδαλίζει (does offend)? ⁶² ἐὰν (What if) οὖν (then) θεωρῆτε (you should see) τὸν (the) Υἱὸν (Son) τοῦ (-) ἀνθρώπου (of Man) ἀναβαίνοντα (ascending) ὅπου (where) ἦν (He was) τὸ (-) πρότερον (before)? ⁶³ Τὸ (The) πνεῦμά (Spirit) ἐστιν (it is) τὸ (-) ζωοποιοῦν (giving life); ἡ (the) σὰρξ (flesh) οὐκ (not) ὠφελεῖ (profits) οὐδέν (nothing). τὰ (The) ῥήματα (words) ἃ (that) ἐγὼ (I) λελάληκα (speak) ὑμῖν (to you) πνεῦμά (spirit) ἐστιν (are), καὶ (and) ζωή (life) ἐστιν (they are). ⁶⁴ ἀλλ’ (But) εἰσὶν (they are) ἐξ (of) ὑμῶν (you) τινες (some) οἳ (who) οὐ (not) πιστεύουσιν (believe).” ᾔδει (Knew) γὰρ (for) ἐξ (from) ἀρχῆς (the beginning) ὁ (-) Ἰησοῦς (Jesus) τίνες (who) εἰσὶν (are) οἱ (those) μὴ (not) πιστεύοντες (believing) καὶ (and) τίς (who) ἐστιν (it is) ὁ (who) παραδώσων (will betray) αὐτόν (Him). ⁶⁵ Καὶ (And) ἔλεγεν (He was saying), “Διὰ (Because of) τοῦτο (this) εἴρηκα (have I said) ὑμῖν (to you) ὅτι (that) οὐδεὶς (no one) δύναται (is able) ἐλθεῖν (to come) πρός (to) με (Me), ἐὰν (if) μὴ (not) ᾖ (it shall) δεδομένον (have been granted) αὐτῷ (to him) ἐκ (from) τοῦ (the) Πατρός (Father).” ⁶⁶ Ἐκ (From) τούτου (that time), πολλοὶ (many) ‹ἐκ› (out of) τῶν (the) μαθητῶν (disciples) αὐτοῦ (of Him) ἀπῆλθον (departed) εἰς (to) τὰ (the) ὀπίσω (back) καὶ (and) οὐκέτι (no longer) μετ’ (with) αὐτοῦ (Him) περιεπάτουν (walked). ⁶⁷ εἶπεν (Said) οὖν (therefore) ὁ (-) Ἰησοῦς (Jesus) τοῖς (to the) δώδεκα (Twelve), “Μὴ (Not) καὶ (also) ὑμεῖς (you) θέλετε (are wishing) ὑπάγειν (to go away)?” ⁶⁸ Ἀπεκρίθη (Answered) αὐτῷ (Him) Σίμων (Simon) Πέτρος (Peter), “Κύριε (Lord), πρὸς (to) τίνα (whom) ἀπελευσόμεθα (will we go)? ῥήματα (The words) ζωῆς (of life) αἰωνίου (eternal) ἔχεις (You have); ⁶⁹ καὶ (and) ἡμεῖς (we) πεπιστεύκαμεν (have believed) καὶ (and) ἐγνώκαμεν (have known) ὅτι (that) σὺ (You) εἶ (are) ὁ (the) Ἅγιος (Holy One) τοῦ (-) Θεοῦ (of God).” ⁷⁰ Ἀπεκρίθη (Answered) αὐτοῖς (them) ὁ (-) Ἰησοῦς (Jesus), “Οὐκ (Not) ἐγὼ (I) ὑμᾶς (you) τοὺς (the) δώδεκα (Twelve) ἐξελεξάμην (did choose), καὶ (and) ἐξ (of) ὑμῶν (you) εἷς (one) διάβολός (a devil) ἐστιν (is)?” ⁷¹ ἔλεγεν (He was speaking) δὲ (now) τὸν (-) Ἰούδαν (of Judas) Σίμωνος (son of Simon) Ἰσκαριώτου (Iscariot); οὗτος (he) γὰρ (for) ἔμελλεν (was about) παραδιδόναι (to betray) αὐτόν (Him), εἷς (one) ἐκ (of) τῶν (the) δώδεκα (Twelve).

⁸ Οὐ (Not) γὰρ (for) θέλομεν (do we want) ὑμᾶς (you) ἀγνοεῖν (to be ignorant) ἀδελφοί (brothers), ὑπὲρ (as to) τῆς (the) θλίψεως (affliction) ἡμῶν (of us) τῆς (-) γενομένης (having happened) ἐν (in) τῇ (-) Ἀσίᾳ (Asia), ὅτι (that) καθ’ (against) ὑπερβολὴν (excessively) ὑπὲρ (beyond our) δύναμιν (power), ἐβαρήθημεν (we were weighed), ὥστε (so as) ἐξαπορηθῆναι (to despair) ἡμᾶς (for us) καὶ (even) τοῦ (-) ζῆν (to live). ⁹ ἀλλὰ (But) αὐτοὶ (we) ἐν (in) ἑαυτοῖς (ourselves), τὸ (the) ἀπόκριμα (sentence) τοῦ (-) θανάτου (of death) ἐσχήκαμεν (had), ἵνα (in order that) μὴ (not) πεποιθότες (trusting) ὦμεν (we should be) ἐφ’ (in) ἑαυτοῖς (ourselves), ἀλλ’ (but) ἐπὶ (in) τῷ (-) Θεῷ (God), τῷ (the One) ἐγείροντι (raising) τοὺς (the) νεκρούς (dead),

⁴⁷ Ἀμὴν (Truly), ἀμὴν (truly), λέγω (I say) ὑμῖν (to you), ὁ (the one) πιστεύων (believing) ἔχει (has) ζωὴν (life) αἰώνιον (eternal). ⁴⁸ ἐγώ (I) εἰμι (am) ὁ (the) ἄρτος (bread) τῆς (-) ζωῆς (of life). ⁴⁹ οἱ (The) πατέρες (fathers) ὑμῶν (of You) ἔφαγον (ate) ἐν (in) τῇ (the) ἐρήμῳ (wilderness) τὸ (the) μάννα (manna), καὶ (and) ἀπέθανον (died). ⁵⁰ οὗτός (This) ἐστιν (is) ὁ (the) ἄρτος (bread) ὁ (-) ἐκ (from) τοῦ (-) οὐρανοῦ (heaven) καταβαίνων (coming down), ἵνα (that) τις (anyone) ἐξ (of) αὐτοῦ (it) φάγῃ (may eat), καὶ (and) μὴ (not) ἀποθάνῃ (die).

⁹ Περὶ (Concerning) δὲ (now) τῆς (-) φιλαδελφίας (brotherly love), οὐ (no) χρείαν (need) ἔχετε (you have for me) γράφειν (to write) ὑμῖν (to you), αὐτοὶ (yourselves) γὰρ (for) ὑμεῖς (you) θεοδίδακτοί (taught by God) ἐστε (are), εἰς (in order) τὸ (-) ἀγαπᾶν (to love) ἀλλήλους (one another). ¹⁰ καὶ (And) γὰρ (for) ποιεῖτε (you are doing) αὐτὸ (this) εἰς (toward) πάντας (all) τοὺς (the) ἀδελφοὺς (brothers), ‹τοὺς› (the ones) ἐν (in) ὅλῃ (all) τῇ (-) Μακεδονίᾳ (Macedonia). Παρακαλοῦμεν (We exhort) δὲ (however) ὑμᾶς (you), ἀδελφοί (brothers), περισσεύειν (to abound) μᾶλλον (more and more), ¹¹ καὶ (and) φιλοτιμεῖσθαι (to strive earnestly) ἡσυχάζειν (to live quietly) καὶ (and) πράσσειν (to attend to) τὰ (the) ἴδια (own), καὶ (and) ἐργάζεσθαι (to work with) ταῖς (the) [ἰδίαις] (own) χερσὶν (hands) ὑμῶν (of you), καθὼς (just as) ὑμῖν (you) παρηγγείλαμεν (we commanded), ¹² ἵνα (so that) περιπατῆτε (you may walk) εὐσχημόνως (properly) πρὸς (toward) τοὺς (those) ἔξω (outside), καὶ (and) μηδενὸς (of no one) χρείαν (need) ἔχητε (may have).

⁵ Ἐγώ (I) εἰμι (am) ἡ (the) ἄμπελος (vine); ὑμεῖς (you are) τὰ (the) κλήματα (branches). ὁ (The one) μένων (abiding) ἐν (in) ἐμοὶ (Me), κἀγὼ (and I) ἐν (in) αὐτῷ (him), οὗτος (he) φέρει (bears) καρπὸν (fruit) πολύν (much). ὅτι (For) χωρὶς (apart from) ἐμοῦ (Me) οὐ (not) δύνασθε (you are able) ποιεῖν (to do) οὐδέν (nothing).