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Acts 17:28

In him we live, move, and exist. Just as one of your own poets wrote, ‘We are his family.’”

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In The King James Version

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

In Context

27God's purpose was that they should seek him, hoping they would reach out for him and find him—though he isn't far from any one of us.

29“Since we are his family we shouldn't think that God is like gold, or silver, or stone, shaped by human artistry and thinking.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:29If anyone pursues you and tries to kill you, then your life will remain bound up with those the Lord your God looks after, safe in his care. But he will throw away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

Psalms 36:9You are the source of life; you are the light by which we see.

Daniel 5:23You have arrogantly defied the Lord of heaven and you had the cups and bowls of his Temple brought to you. You and your nobles, your wives and concubines, drank wine from them as you praised gods made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that can't see or hear or know anything. But you have not honored God who holds in his hand your very breath and everything you do.

Luke 20:38He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him they all are alive.”

John 11:25Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who trust in me will live, even though they die.

Titus 1:12As someone of their own people, a prophet, has stated, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts who are lazy, greedy people.”

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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