Acts 17:25

He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing 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 world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.

26He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings,

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Cross References

Numbers 16:22They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”

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

Job 27:3(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

Job 34:14If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,

Psalms 16:2My soul, you have said to the LORD, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”

Psalms 104:27These all wait for you, that you 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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