Acts 17:28 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁸ In God we live, move, and exist. As some of your own poets said, ‘We are his offspring.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ 'For in him we live, and move, and exist.' Just as some of your own poets have said. 'For we are also of his family.'

Acts 17:28 Cross References

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.”

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.

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].

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.

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 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 [people’s] sins, He sat down at the right side of the Majesty [i.e., God] on high [i.e., in heaven].

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]?

Hebrews 2:11

For, both the One who makes people holy [i.e., Jesus], and those who are made holy [i.e., Christians], all come from one [Father], and for this reason Christ is not ashamed to call them His brothers,