28'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'


In Context

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.

28 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'

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 man's design and skill.

30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

Acts 17:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:28For 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:28For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:28for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:28for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:28for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:28For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:28'For in him we live, and move, and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:28for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:28For 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.