Acts 17:25

nor is he served by the hands of men, as needing anything, since he himself gives to all life, and breath, with all things.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

In Context

24The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands,

26And he made from one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined prescribed times, and the limits of their occupancy,

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Cross References

Numbers 16:22And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will thou be angry with all the congregation?

Job 12:10in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

Job 27:3(For my life is yet whole in me. And the spirit of God is in my nostrils.)

Job 34:14If he sets his heart upon himself, [if] he gathers his spirit and his breath to himself,

Psalms 16:2Thou [my soul] have said to LORD, Thou are my LORD. I have no good beyond thee.

Psalms 104:27These all wait for thee, that thou may give them their food in due season.

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:23-32

Paul at Athens. 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed… Read the whole commentary →

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