Acts 17:25

neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

Young's Literal Translation

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

24'God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,

26He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth — having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings —

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Cross References

Numbers 16:22and they fall on their faces, and say, 'God, God of the spirits of all flesh — the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!'

Job 12:10In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'

Job 27:3For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

Job 34:14If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

Psalms 16:2Thou hast said to Jehovah, 'My Lord Thou [art];' My good [is] not for thine own sake;

Psalms 104:27All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its 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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