Acts 17:25

And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

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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 earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;

26And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

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Cross References

Numbers 16:22Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?

Job 12:10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

Job 27:3(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)

Job 34:14If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

Psalms 16:2O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.

Psalms 104:27All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.

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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