Verse
Acts 17:28 — For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of…
“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.”
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The verses around Acts 17:28.
26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28For 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.
29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Verse explanation
Paul even quotes local Greek poets to reinforce his argument, saying that their own culture already recognized that human beings are, in some sense, God’s offspring.
From the Acts 17 study in Bible in Stories.
Acts 17:28 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porque n'elle vivemos, e nos movemos, e existimos; como tambem alguns dos vossos poetas disseram: Porque somos tambem sua geração.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Porque nele vivemos, e nos movemos, e somos; assim como também alguns de vossos poetas disseram; porque também nós somos descendência dele.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
En él vivimos, nos movemos y existimos. Tal como escribieron los mismos poetas de entre ustedes: ‘Somos su familia’.
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