25 nor is he served by human hands, (A)as though he needed anything, since he himself (B)gives to all mankind (C)life and breath and everything.

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Not for your sacrifices (A)do I rebuke you;
    your burnt offerings are continually before me.
I will not accept a bull from your house
    or goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
    the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 (B)I know all the birds of the hills,
    and all that moves in the field is mine.

12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
    (C)for the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

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then the Lord God formed the man of (A)dust from the ground and (B)breathed into his (C)nostrils the breath of life, and (D)the man became a living creature.

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35 “Or (A)who has given a gift to him
    that he might be repaid?”

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28 for

(A)“‘In him we live and move and have our being’;[a]

as even some of (B)your own poets have said,

“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:28 Probably from Epimenides of Crete
  2. Acts 17:28 From Aratus's poem “Phainomena”

Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens (A)and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
(B)who gives breath to the people on it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:

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(A)The Spirit of God has made me,
    and (B)the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

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If you have sinned, (A)what do you accomplish against him?
    And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
(B)If you are righteous, what do you give to him?
    Or what does he receive from your hand?

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27 These (A)all look to you,
    to (B)give them their food in due season.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you (C)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you (D)hide your face, they are (E)dismayed;
    when you (F)take away their breath, they die
    and (G)return to their dust.
30 When you (H)send forth your Spirit,[a] they are created,
    and you (I)renew the face of the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:30 Or breath

(A)“Can a man be profitable to God?
    Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

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17 As for the rich in (A)this present age, charge them (B)not to be haughty, nor (C)to set their hopes on (D)the uncertainty of riches, but on God, (E)who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

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as long as my breath is in me,
    and (A)the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

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The Lord Will Give Salvation

12 (A)The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, (B)who stretched out the heavens and (C)founded the earth and (D)formed the spirit of man within him:

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