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Acts 17:28–29

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28for ain Him we live and move and 1exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His offspring.’

29“Being then the offspring of God, we aought not to suppose that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the craft and thought of man.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit are

Cross references

  1. aJob 12:10; Dan 5:23
  2. aIs 40:18ff; Rom 1:23

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

for

“ ‘In him we live and move and have our being’;

as even some of your own poets have said,

“ ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

Being then God’s offspring, 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.’ Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

NLTNew Living Translation

For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

LEBThe Lexham English 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.’ Therefore, because we are offspring of God, we ought not to think the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.

KJV 1900King 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. 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.