Acts 17:28
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.
King James Version
World English Bible (WEB)
‘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.’
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
What this verse means
Paul tells Athens that in God we live, move, and have our being — He is the air, not a visitor.
A short prayer
Lord, I live and move in You. Make me aware of Your nearness all day.
Read in context — Acts 17
26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27That 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:
28For 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.
29Forasmuch 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.
30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
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