25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.


In Context

22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.

23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:

24 "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.

25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.

26 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.

27 God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

Acts 17:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:25Neither is he served with men's hands, as though he needed any thing; seeing it is he who giveth to all life, and breath, and all things:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:25neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:25neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;