Bible verses about "dependence" | Etheridge

²¹ For not by the will of man came any prophecy, but while by the Holy Spirit led spake the holy men of God.

⁵⁰ but this is the bread which hath descended from heaven, that man may eat of it, and die not. ⁵¹ I am the bread of life that from heaven hath descended; and if man shall eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give is my body, which for the life of the world I give. ⁵² The Jihudoyee contended one with another, saying, How can this his body give to us to eat? ⁵³ And Jeshu said to them, Amen, amen, I tell you, That unless you eat the body [Phagreh.] of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves. ⁵⁴ He who eateth of my body, and drinketh of my blood, hath the life which is eternal, and I will raise him at the last day. ⁵⁵ For my body is truly food, and my blood is truly drink. ⁵⁶ He who eateth my body, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the Father the Living (one) who hath sent me, and I live by the Father, even so he who shall eat me, shall live, too, by me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread which hath descended from heaven. Not as was the manna that your fathers ate, and are dead; he who eateth of this bread shall live for ever. ⁵⁹ These things he spake in the synagogue, as he taught in Kapher-nachum. ⁶⁰ And many of his disciples who heard said, A hard word is this: who can hear it? ⁶¹ BUT Jeshu knew in himself that his disciples murmured concerning this; and he said to them, Does this stumble you? ⁶² If you shall see then the Son of man ascend up to the place where he was from the first? ⁶³ It is the Spirit that maketh alive, the body profiteth nothing: the words which I have spoken to you, they are spirit and they are life. ⁶⁴ But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jeshu knew from the first who they were who believed not, and who it was who would betray him. ⁶⁵ And he said to them, On account of this I told you that no man can come to me, unless it be given him of my Father. ⁶⁶ On account of this word many of his disciples went back, and walked not with him. ⁶⁷ Jeshu said to the twelve, Do you also will to go? ⁶⁸ Shemun Kipha answered and said, My Lord, unto whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life; ⁶⁹ and we believe and know that thou art the Meshicha, the Son of Aloha the Living. ⁷⁰ Jeshu saith to them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and from you one is Satana? ⁷¹ He spake concerning Jihuda bar Shemun Scarjuta; for he it was who would betray him, one from the twelve.

⁸ FOR I would have you to know, my brethren, of the affliction that befell us in Asia: for we were greatly pressed beyond our strength, until our life was nigh to be dissolved, ⁹ and because of these we had concluded (for) death;[Phasakan mautho.] that we should not have hope in ourselves, but in Aloha, who raiseth the dead:

⁴⁷ AMEN, amen, I say to you, Whosoever believeth in me hath the life which is eternal. ⁴⁸ I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹ Your fathers did eat manna in the desert, and are dead: ⁵⁰ but this is the bread which hath descended from heaven, that man may eat of it, and die not.

⁹ But concerning the love of the brethren, you need not (that I) write to you; for you yourselves are taught of Aloha to love one another. ¹⁰ And so do you to all the brethren who are in all Makedunia; but I beseech of you, my brethren, to excel [therein]. ¹¹ And study to be quiet and be occupied with your own employments, and work with your hands, as we have admonished you; ¹² that you may walk becomingly towards the outward-ones, and of man you may not need.

⁵ I am the vine, and you the branches. Whoso abideth in me, and I in him, this produceth much fruits, because without me you cannot do any thing.