Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
For in [the strength of] God we [all] live, move around and have our [personal] identity, just as a certain one of your [Athenian] poets [once] said, 'For we too are His children.'
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’
International Standard Version
For we live, move, and exist because of him, as some of your own poets have said: ""Since we are his children, too.'
A Conservative Version
For in him we live, and move, and exist, as also some of the performers from you have said, For of him we are also offspring.
American Standard Version
for 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.
Amplified
For in Him we live and move and exist [that is, in Him we actually have our being], as even some of
Anderson New Testament
For in him we live, and move, and have our being: as also some of your own poets have said: For we his offspring are.
Bible in Basic English
For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.
Common New Testament
'For in him we live and move and have our being,' as even some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
are moved, and do exist: even as some of your own poets have said, WE ARE EVEN HIS OFFSPRING.
Darby Translation
for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.
Godbey New Testament
For in him we live and move and have our being, as indeed certain ones of your own poets have said, For we are truly his offspring.
Goodspeed New Testament
For it is through union with him that we live and move and exist, as some of your poets have said, " 'For we are also his offspring.'
John Wesley New Testament
For in him we live and move, and have our being; as certain likewise of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Julia Smith Translation
For in him we live, and move, and are; as certain of the composers among you have said, For we also are his race.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for in him we live and move and exist, as even some of {your own} poets have said: 'For we also are {his} offspring.'
Modern King James verseion
For in Him we live and move and have our being, as also certain of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For in him we live, move, and have our being, as certain of your own poets said. For we are also his generation.
Moffatt New Testament
for it is in him that we live and move and exist ??as some of your own poets have said, 'We too belong to His race.'
Montgomery New Testament
"for in him we live and move and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, "'For we also are his offspring.'
NET Bible
For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.'
New Heart English Bible
'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.'
Noyes New Testament
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as also some of your own poets have said: "For we are also his offspring."
Sawyer New Testament
For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets have said, For we are his offspring.
The Emphasized Bible
For, in him, we live and move and are: as, even some of your own poets, have said - For, his offspring also, we are.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
for from him we derive life, and power of motion, and existence; as also some of your own poets have said, "For we are even his offspring."
Twentieth Century New Testament
For in him we live and move and are. To use the words of some of your own poets--'His offspring, too, are we.'
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
For it is in closest union with Him that we live and move and have our being; as in fact some of the poets in repute among yourselves have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'
Williams New Testament
For it is through union with Him that we live and move and exist, as some of your own poets have said, "'For we are His offspring too.'
World English Bible
'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.'
Worrell New Testament
for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His offspring.'
Worsley New Testament
For in Him we live and move, and exist; as some also of your own poets have said, "For we his offspring are."
Youngs Literal Translation
for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.
Themes
Athens » A city » A city of greece
Children » Who are the children of God
Creator » God as » Creator of man
natural Life » God is the author of
Man » A social being » Creation of
Missionary journeys » Ac 13-14 » Second - with silas
Paul's » First - with barnabas and john mark ac 13-14 » Second - with silas
Topics
Interlinear
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Acts 17:28
Devotionals containing Acts 17:28
References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 17:28
Images Acts 17:28
Prayers for Acts 17:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Speaks To The Areopagus
27 He wanted these people to search for God in hope that, by groping for Him, they might [eventually] find Him, even though He is not [really] very far from [any of] us. 28 For in [the strength of] God we [all] live, move around and have our [personal] identity, just as a certain one of your [Athenian] poets [once] said, 'For we too are His children.' 29 Since therefore we are God's children, we should not think that the Deity is like gold, silver or stone, to be carved [into an idol] by the design and skill of men.
Phrases
Cross References
John 5:26
For [just] as the Father is Himself [the source of] life, in the same way He gave to His Son also [the power] to be [the source of] life.
Hebrews 1:3
This Son expresses the radiance of God's splendor and represents His very Being, and He sustains everything by His powerful word. After He had provided cleansing for [man's] sins, He sat down at the right side of the Majesty [i.e., God] on high [i.e., in heaven].
Luke 3:38
who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam. [And Adam] was the son of God.
Luke 20:38
So, He is not God to those who are dead, but [He is] God to those who are alive, for to God, all people are alive."
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; the person who believes in me will live on, even though he dies [physically].
Colossians 1:17
And He existed before all things and all things are held together by Him.
Titus 1:12
Even one of their own prophets said, "The people of Crete are always liars, vicious beasts and lazy gluttons."
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them [for it]; should we not much rather submit to the Father of our spirits [i.e., God], so we can live [spiritually]?