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This theme is prevalent throughout Scripture, highlighting the contrast between human frailty and God's omnipotence.<br><br><b>Old Testament References</b><br><br>The Old Testament frequently addresses the powerlessness of humanity in the face of divine sovereignty. In the book of Job, Job acknowledges human limitations, stating, "He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?" (<a href="/job/9-4.htm">Job 9:4</a>). This acknowledgment of God's supreme power underscores the futility of human efforts apart from His will.<br><br>The Psalms also reflect on human powerlessness, often in the context of seeking God's deliverance. <a href="/psalms/18-17.htm">Psalm 18:17-18</a> illustrates this: "He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from foes too mighty for me. They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support." Here, the psalmist recognizes that deliverance from overwhelming adversaries comes only through God's intervention.<br><br><b>New Testament Insights</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the theme of powerlessness is further developed, particularly in relation to sin and salvation. The Apostle Paul writes in <a href="/romans/5-6.htm">Romans 5:6</a> , "For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly." This passage emphasizes humanity's inability to attain righteousness or salvation through its own efforts, necessitating Christ's sacrificial death.<br><br>Paul also addresses the concept of powerlessness in <a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a> , where he recounts the Lord's words to him: "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Paul concludes, "Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." This paradoxical statement highlights the Christian belief that true strength is found in reliance on God's power rather than human ability.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>The recognition of human powerlessness is foundational to understanding the need for divine grace and intervention. It underscores the biblical teaching that salvation and spiritual strength are gifts from God, not the result of human effort. This theme encourages believers to depend on God's strength in times of trial and to trust in His sovereign plan.<br><br><b>Practical Application</b><br><br>For believers, acknowledging powerlessness can lead to a deeper reliance on God and a more profound experience of His power in their lives. It encourages humility, prayer, and a recognition of the need for God's guidance and strength in all aspects of life. As the Apostle Paul exemplifies, embracing weakness can be a pathway to experiencing the fullness of God's power and grace.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>a.</I>) Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/193.htm"><span class="l">193. akrates -- <b>powerless</b>, impotent</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>powerless</b>, impotent. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: akrates Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ak-rat'-ace) Short Definition: lacking self-control, inclined to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/193.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/102.htm"><span class="l">102. adunatos -- unable, <b>powerless</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> unable, <b>powerless</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: adunatos Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ad-oo'-nat-os) Short Definition: incapable, impossible Definition: of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/102.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2673.htm"><span class="l">2673. katargeo -- to render inoperative, abolish</span></a> <br><b>...</b> away (4), fades away (1), fading (1), fading away (1), nullified (1), nullify (4),<br> passing away (1), released (2), removed (1), render <b>powerless</b> (1), severed (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2673.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/3498.htm"><span class="l">3498. nekros -- dead</span></a> <br><b>...</b> literally, "what lacks life"; dead; (figuratively) not able to respond to impulses,<br> or perform functions ("unable, ineffective, dead, <b>powerless</b>," , 1, 74.28 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3498.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/369.htm"><span class="l">369. ayin -- nothing, nought</span></a><br><b>...</b> nor is there one (1), nor was there (2), nor have (1), nor* (1), nothing (19), nothing*<br> (10), one (3), one should never (1), or (1), <b>powerless</b>* (1), senseless <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/369.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3581b.htm"><span class="l">3581b. koach -- strength, power</span></a><br><b>...</b> NASB Word Usage ability (3), able (1), able* (2), force (1), fruit (1), might (4),<br> mightily (1), mighty (1), power (40), powerful (1), <b>powerless</b>* (1), strength <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3581b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_with_world_winners/a_powerless_christianity.htm"><span class="l">A <b>Powerless</b> Christianity.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Pressing Emergency A <b>Powerless</b> Christianity. Then <b>...</b> felt. These peoples may<br> turn away from a Christianity that seems <b>powerless</b> to them. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/a powerless christianity.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ephraim/hymns_and_homilies_of_ephraim_the_syrian/hymn_liv_hear_o_freedom.htm"><span class="l">Hear, O Freedom, the Dispute of Two Servants: How they are <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Hymn LIV. Hear, O Freedom, the dispute of two servants: how they are convicted<br> by each other, that they are <b>powerless</b>. 1. Hear, O <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn liv hear o freedom.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_5_1859/the_necessity_of_the_spirits.htm"><span class="l">The Necessity of the Spirit's Work</span></a> <br><b>...</b> When the body is dead it is <b>powerless</b>; it is unable to do any thing for itself;<br> and when the soul of man is dead, in a spiritual sense, it must be, if there is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the necessity of the spirits.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pastor/the_pastor_books_first_second_third/commandment_eleventh_the_spirit_and.htm"><span class="l">Commandment Eleventh. The Spirit and Prophets to be Tried by their <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> But the spirit which is asked and speaks according to the desires of men is earthly,<br> [220] light, and <b>powerless</b>, and it is altogether silent if it is not <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the pastor books first second third/commandment eleventh the spirit and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jerome/the_principal_works_of_st_jerome/letter_lxix_to_oceanus.htm"><span class="l">Letter Lxix. To Oceanus.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Christ to save all men is proved; or they remain undelivered and as it were still<br> under the charge of misdoing, in which case Christ is proved to be <b>powerless</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter lxix to oceanus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/law/an_humble_affectionate_and_earnest_address_to_the_clergy/address_70_0_0_rabbi_says_nicodemus.htm"><span class="l">"Rabbi," Says Nicodemus to Christ, "We Know that Thou Art a <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> this planting and watering, which was the highest work that an inspired apostle<br> could do, was yet in itself to be considered as a lifeless, <b>powerless</b> thing, he <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../address 70 0 0 rabbi says nicodemus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_xlviii_although_the_jews.htm"><span class="l">Although the Jews, Then, Pride Themselves on Circumcision, they <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> of the hostility of some angel towards the Jewish nation, who had the power to injure<br> such of them as were not circumcised, but was <b>powerless</b> against those who <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xlviii although the jews.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/steps_to_christ/chapter_2_the_sinners_need.htm"><span class="l">The Sinner's Need of Christ</span></a> <br><b>...</b> indeed can be." Job 14:4; Romans 8:7. Education, culture, the exercise of the will,<br> human effort, all have their proper sphere, but here they are <b>powerless</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/white/steps to christ/chapter 2 the sinners need.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macdonald/at_the_back_of_the_north_wind/chapter_28_no_house_of.htm"><span class="l">No House of any Pretension to be Called a Palace is in the Least <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to do unkind things; but it is difficult to undertand how they should be able to<br> do them, for you would fancy all wicked creatures would be <b>powerless</b> on such <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 28 no house of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bounds/the_essentials_of_prayer/xiii_prayer_and_missions.htm"><span class="l">Prayer and Missions</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Money is important, but money without prayer is <b>powerless</b> in the face of the darkness,<br> the wretchedness and the sin in unchristianised lands. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bounds/the essentials of prayer/xiii prayer and missions.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/p/powerless.htm"><span class="l"><b>Powerless</b> (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Powerless</b> (19 Occurrences). <b>...</b> Romans 8:3 For what was impossible to the Law--<b>powerless</b><br> as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/powerless.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/impossible.htm"><span class="l">Impossible (31 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> im-pos'-ib'-l (verb adunateo; adjective adunatos): "To be impossible" is the<br> translation of adunateo, "to be <b>powerless</b>," "impotent" (Matthew 17:20 Luke 1:37 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/impossible.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/blighted.htm"><span class="l">Blighted (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 19:26 And their inhabitants were <b>powerless</b>, They were dismayed and put to<br> shame; They were as the growing grass, and as the green herb, As the grass on <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/blighted.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/powers.htm"><span class="l">Powers (43 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/powers.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nature.htm"><span class="l">Nature (80 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NIV). Romans 8:3 For what was impossible to the Law--<b>powerless</b> as it<br> was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nature.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/humanity.htm"><span class="l">Humanity (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Humanity (3 Occurrences). Romans 8:3 For what was impossible to the Law--<b>powerless</b><br> as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/humanity.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jotham.htm"><span class="l">Jotham (26 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Recognizing, however, that he is <b>powerless</b> to assert his claim, Jotham delivers<br> from the summit of Gerizim his famous fable (Judges 9:7-15), applies it to the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jotham.htm - 25k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lifeless.htm"><span class="l">Lifeless (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living<br> beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; <b>powerless</b>; dull; as <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lifeless.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/withered.htm"><span class="l">Withered (46 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 10 Mark 3:1 Luke 6:6) "withered hand" was probably our modern "infantile paralysis,"<br> which may leave one or more limbs shrunken and <b>powerless</b> without detriment <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/withered.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/inert.htm"><span class="l">Inert (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (a.) Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances<br> when brought in contact with them; <b>powerless</b> for an expected or desired <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/inert.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-freedom.html">What is Christian freedom? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/evil-spirits.html">What are evil spirits? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/unconditional-love.html">Is God's love conditional or unconditional? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/powerless.htm">Powerless: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Powerless (19 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-39.htm">Acts 5:39</a></span><br />But if it is really from God, you will be <span class="boldtext">powerless</span> to put them down--lest perhaps you find yourselves to be actually fighting against God."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3</a></span><br />For what was impossible to the Law--<span class="boldtext">powerless</span> as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature;<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/13-9.htm">2 Corinthians 13:9</a></span><br />and it is a joy to us when we are <span class="boldtext">powerless</span>, but you are strong. This we also pray for--the perfecting of your characters.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/2-14.htm">Hebrews 2:14</a></span><br />Since then the children referred to are all alike sharers in perishable human nature, He Himself also, in the same way, took on Him a share of it, in order that through death He might render <span class="boldtext">powerless</span> him who had authority over death, that is, the Devil,<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-32.htm">Deuteronomy 28:32</a></span><br />Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day; and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">2 Kings 19:26</a></span><br />And their inhabitants were <span class="boldtext">powerless</span>, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the growing grass, and as the green herb, As the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/14-11.htm">2 Chronicles 14:11</a></span><br />And Asa calleth unto Jehovah his God, and saith, 'Jehovah! it is nothing with Thee to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O Jehovah, our God, for on Thee we have leant, and in Thy name we have come against this multitude; O Jehovah, our God thou 'art'; let him not prevail with Thee -- mortal man!<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-12.htm">2 Chronicles 20:12</a></span><br />O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee 'are' our eyes.'<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/5-5.htm">Nehemiah 5:5</a></span><br />Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.'<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/26-2.htm">Job 26:2</a></span><br />How hast thou helped the <span class="boldtext">powerless</span>; how saved the arm that is without strength! <br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/31-23.htm">Job 31:23</a></span><br />For calamity from ?God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was <span class="boldtext">powerless</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/14-10.htm">Isaiah 14:10</a></span><br />All of them shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become <span class="boldtext">powerless</span> as we; art thou become like unto us!<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27</a></span><br />And their inhabitants were <span class="boldtext">powerless</span>, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were as the grass of the field and the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-9.htm">Jeremiah 14:9</a></span><br />Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can't save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; don't leave us.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-45.htm">Jeremiah 48:45</a></span><br />They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon <span class="boldtext">powerless</span>; for a fire hath come forth from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath consumed the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the sons of tumult.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/1-6.htm">Lamentations 1:6</a></span><br />And go out from the daughter of Zion doth all her honour, Her princes have been as harts -- They have not found pasture, And they go <span class="boldtext">powerless</span> before a pursuer.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/8-7.htm">Daniel 8:7</a></span><br />And I have seen it coming near the ram, and it becometh embittered at it, and smiteth the ram, and breaketh its two horns, and there hath been no power in the ram to stand before it, and it casteth it to the earth, and trampleth it down, and there hath been no deliverer to the ram out of its power.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Daniel 11:15</a></span><br />And the king of the north cometh in, and poureth out a mount, and hath captured fenced cities; and the arms of the south do not stand, nor the people of his choice, yea, there is no power to stand.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-4.htm">Habakkuk 1:4</a></span><br />Therefore the law is <span class="boldtext">powerless</span>, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/p/powerless.htm">Powerless</a></p><a 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