Acts 17:27-29
New American Standard Bible
27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might feel around for Him and find Him, (A)though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for (B)in Him we live and move and [a]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His descendants.’ 29 Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we (C)ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.
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Acts 17:27-29
New International Version
27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.(A) 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a](B) As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[b]
29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.(C)
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- Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
- Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus
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