Bible verses about "independence" | Matthew

³⁵ And it came to passe, as he was come nye vnto Hierico, a certayne blynde man sat by the waye syde begginge. ³⁶ And when he harde the people passe by, he axed what it meante: ³⁷ And they sayed to him, that Iesus of Nazareth passed by. ³⁸ And he cryed, saiynge: Iesus the sonne of Dauid, haue thou mercye on me. ³⁹ And they whiche wente before, rebuked hym, that he shoulde holde his peace. But he cryed so much the more, thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me. ⁴⁰ And Iesus stode still, and commaunded hym to be brought vnto hym. And when he was come neare, Iesus axed hym, ⁴¹ saiyng: What wilt thou that I do vnto the? And he sayde: Lorde that I maye receyue my syght. ⁴² Iesus sayde vnto hym: receyue thy syght: thy fayth hath saued the. ⁴³ And immediatly he sawe, & folowed hym, praysyng God. And all the people when they sawe it, gaue laude to God.

¹ What shall we saye then, that Abraham oure father as pertaynyng to the fleshe, dyd fynde? ² Yf Abraham were iustifyed by dedes, then hath he wherein to reioyce but not with god. ³ For what sayth the scripture? Abraham beleued God, and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes. ⁴ To hym that worketh, is the rewarde not reckened of fauoure: but of dutye. ⁵ To hym that worketh not, but beleueth on hym that iustifyeth the vngodly, is hys fayth counted for ryghteousnes. ⁶ Euen as Dauid descrybeth the blessedfulnes of the man vnto whome God ascrybeth ryghteousnes withoute dedes. ⁷ Blessed are they, whose vnryghteousnes are forgeuen, and whose synnes are couered. ⁸ Blessed is that man to whome the Lord imputeth not synne. ⁹ Came thys blessednes then vpon the circumcysed or vpon the vncircumcysed? We say verelye how that fayth was rekened to Abraham for ryghtuousnes. ¹⁰ Howe was it rekened: in the tyme of circumcysyon? or in the tyme before he was circumcysed? Not in tyme of circumcisyon: but when he was yet vncircumcysed. ¹¹ And he receyued the sygne of circumcysyon, as a seale of the ryghtuousnes whiche is by fayth, whiche fayth he had yet beynge vncyrcumcysed: that he shoulde be the father of all them that beleue, thoughe they be not circumcysed, that ryghtuousnes myght be imputed to them also: ¹² and that he myghte be the father of the circumcysed, not because they are circumcysed only: but because they walke also in the steppes of that faythe that was in oure father Abraham before the tyme of circumcysyon. ¹³ For the promes that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde, was not geuen to Abraham or to hys sede thorowe the lawe: but thorow the ryghtuousnesse which commeth of fayth. ¹⁴ For yf they whiche are of the lawe, be heyres, then is fayth but vayne, and the promes of none effecte. ¹⁵ Because the lawe causeth wrath. For where no lawe is, there is no transgressyon. ¹⁶ Therfore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen, that it myght come of fauoure: and the promes myghte be sure to all the seed. Not to them onelye, which are of the lawe: but also to them whiche are of the fayth of Abraham, which is the father of vs all. ¹⁷ As it is written: I haue made the a father to manye nacyons, euen before God whome thou haste beleued, whiche quickeneth the deade, and called those thinges whiche be not, as thoughe they were. ¹⁸ Whiche Abraham contrary to hope, beleued in hope that he shoulde be the father of manye nacyons, accordynge to that whiche was spoken. ¹⁹ So shall thy seed be. And he fainted not in the fayth, nor yet consydered hys owne bodye which was now dead, euen when he was almost an hondred year olde: neyther yet that Sara was past chylde bearynge. ²⁰ He stackered not at the promes of God thorowe vnbelefe: but was made stronge in the fayth and gaue honoure to God, ²¹ full certifyed, that what he had promysed, that he was able to make good. ²² And therfore was it reckened to hym for ryghteousnes. ²³ It is not wryten for hym only, that it was reckened for hym for ryghteousnes: but also rekened to hym for ryghtuousnes: ²⁴ but also for vs, to whom ye shalbe counted for rightuousnes, so we beleue on hym that raysed vp Iesus oure Lorde from death. ²⁵ Whiche was deliuered for oure synnes and rose agayne for to iustifye vs.

⁸ Yf there be anye that prouideth not for hys owne, & namely for them of hys housholde the same denyeth the fayth, & is worsse then an infydele.

¹² Not as though I had alreadie atteined to it, either were already perfecte: but I folowe yf that I maye comprehende that, wherin I am comprehended of Christ Iesu.

¹⁷ The Lorde no doubte is a spiryte. And where the spiryte of the Lorde is, there is libertye.

¹ Stande fast therfore in the lybertye wherewith Christ hath made vs free and wrappe not your selues againe in the yoke of bondage.

¹⁶ as fre, and not as hauynge the lybertye for a cloke of maliciousnes, but euen as the seruauntes of God.