Acts 17:25,28 - Compare All Versions

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And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

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

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

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.’

and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need.

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

Neither is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything,  since he himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.

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.’

neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things

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.

Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.

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.’

“The God who made the world and everything in it, this Master of sky and land, doesn’t live in custom-made shrines or need the human race to run errands for him, as if he couldn’t take care of himself. He makes the creatures; the creatures don’t make him. Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and space for living so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn’t play hide-and-seek with us. He’s not remote; he’s near. We live and move in him, can’t get away from him! One of your poets said it well: ‘We’re the God-created.’ Well, if we are the God-created, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to think we could hire a sculptor to chisel a god out of stone for us, does it?

“The God who made the world and everything in it, this Master of sky and land, doesn’t live in custom-made shrines or need the human race to run errands for him, as if he couldn’t take care of himself. He makes the creatures; the creatures don’t make him. Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and space for living so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn’t play hide-and-seek with us. He’s not remote; he’s near. We live and move in him, can’t get away from him! One of your poets said it well: ‘We’re the God-created.’ Well, if we are the God-created, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to think we could hire a sculptor to chisel a god out of stone for us, does it?

nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things

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

nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, because it is He who gives to all [people] life and breath and all things. [Is 42:5]

For in Him we live and move and exist [that is, in Him we actually have our being], as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’

nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.

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.’