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> [“So that in this verse is shown our dependence on each person in the Trinity for all our good. We are dependent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/so-that-in-this-verse-is-shown-our-dependence-on-each-person-in-the/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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> [Because God is not only infinitely greater and more excellent than all other being, but he is the head of the universal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/because-god-is-not-only-infinitely-greater-and-more-excellent-than/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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> [We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/we-are-dependent-on-the-power-of-god-to-convert-us-and-give-faith-in/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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> [We are dependent on God's power through every step of our redemption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/we-are-dependent-on-god-s-power-through-every-step-of-our-redemption/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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## Other authors on Dependent

## More by Jonathan Edwards

> [The foundation of the Christian's peace is everlasting; it is what no time, no change can destroy. It will remain when the body dies;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/the-foundation-of-the-christian-s-peace-is-everlasting-it-is-what-no/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“Every saint in heaven is as a flower in that garden of God, and holy love is the fragrance and sweet odor that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/every-saint-in-heaven-is-as-a-flower-in-that-garden-of-god-and-holy/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/god-is-glorified-not-only-by-his-glory-being-seen-but-by-its-being/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/there-is-no-way-that-christians-in-a-private-capacity-can-do-so-much/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/godliness-is-more-easily-feigned-in-words-than-in-actions/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“Let the main thing that we prize in God’s house be, not the outward ornaments of it, or a high seat in it, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/let-the-main-thing-that-we-prize-in-god-s-house-be-not-the-outward/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“But that is the nature of true grace and spiritual light, that it opens to a person's view the infinite reason there is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/but-that-is-the-nature-of-true-grace-and-spiritual-light-that-it/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“The most determining external influence on his style was unquestionably the old, so-called King James version of the English Bible. His language is saturated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/the-most-determining-external-influence-on-his-style-was/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“Edwards sought to impose a new test of qualification. He required, namely, that the candidate for full communion should give evidence of being converted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/edwards-sought-to-impose-a-new-test-of-qualification-he-required/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [ “But it is doubtless true, and evident from \[the\] Scriptures, that the essence of all true religion lies in holy love; and that in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/but-it-is-doubtless-true-and-evident-from-the-scriptures-that-the/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“Evangelical faith has the gospel of Christ for its foundation;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/evangelical-faith-has-the-gospel-of-christ-for-its-foundation/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“Prop. II. There are many mansions in the house of God. By many mansions is meant many seats or places of abode.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/prop-ii-there-are-many-mansions-in-the-house-of-god-by-many-mansions/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [I resolve to live with all my might while I do live. I resolve never to lose one moment of time and to improve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/i-resolve-to-live-with-all-my-might-while-i-do-live-i-resolve-never/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [“And now you have an extraordinary opportunity, a day wherein Christ has flung the door of mercy wide open, and stands in the door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/and-now-you-have-an-extraordinary-opportunity-a-day-wherein-christ/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

> [Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/christ-gives-peace-to-the-most-sinful-and-miserable-that-come-to-him/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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