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Acts 17:27-28
New International Version
Acts 17:27-28
New International Version
27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.(A) 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a](B) As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[b]
Footnotes
- Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
- Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus
Acts 17:27-28
Christian Standard Bible
Acts 17:27-28
Christian Standard Bible
27 He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.(A) 28 For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’(B)
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Acts 17:27-28
King James Version
Acts 17:27-28
King James Version
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
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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Acts 17:27-28
English Standard Version
Acts 17:27-28
English Standard Version
27 (A)that they should seek God, (B)and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. (C)Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, 28 for
as even some of (E)your own poets have said,
“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’[b]
Footnotes
- Acts 17:28 Probably from Epimenides of Crete
- Acts 17:28 From Aratus's poem “Phainomena”
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