And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything — Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else — The logic is stark: divine self-sufficiency (mē hyp' anthrōpōn diakonoumai, not served by humans) means the human economy of sacrifice and appeasement becomes theologically redundant. God's generosity (the dative of receiver emphasizes what God gives) precedes all human response.

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