28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a](A) As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[b]

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  1. Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
  2. Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus

28 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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33 Do not be misled:(A) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[a](B)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander

33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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12 One of Crete’s own prophets(A) has said it: “Cretans(B) are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”[a]

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  1. Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides

12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

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