Acts 17:28-29
Authorized (King James) Version
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. 29 Forasmuch 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.
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Acts 17:28-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
28 For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said,
‘For we, too, are his offspring.’(A)
29 “Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals.(B)
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Acts 17:28-29
English Standard Version
28 for
as even some of (B)your own poets have said,
“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’[b]
29 (C)Being then God's offspring, (D)we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
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- Acts 17:28 Probably from Epimenides of Crete
- Acts 17:28 From Aratus's poem “Phainomena”
Acts 17:28-29
New American Standard Bible
28 for (A)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 (B)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 17:28 Lit are
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