dependence
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5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without me, you are able to do nothing.
4And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord. 5Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.
9But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another. 10For indeed, you act in this way with all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we petition you, brothers, so that you may abound all the more, 11to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you, 12and to walk honestly with those who are outside, and to desire nothing belonging to another.
47Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and they died. 50This is the bread which descends from heaven, so that if anyone will eat from it, he may not die.
8For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our tribulation, which happened to us in Asia. For we were weighed down beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we became weary, even of life itself. 9But we had within ourselves the response to death, so that we would not have faith in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
50This is the bread which descends from heaven, so that if anyone will eat from it, he may not die. 51I am the living bread, who descended from heaven. 52If anyone eats from this bread, he shall live in eternity. And the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.” 53Therefore, the Jews debated among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 54And so, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you. 55Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
13Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.
9And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me. 10Because of this, I am pleased in my infirmity: in reproaches, in difficulties, in persecutions, in distresses, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am powerful.
3May he not allow your foot to be moved, and may he not slumber, who guards you.
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.