Acts 17:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and he gives us the power to live, to move, and to be who we are. “We are his children,” just as some of your poets have said.

Cross References

Job 12:10

Every living creature is in the hands of God.

Psalm 36:9

The life-giving fountain belongs to you, and your light gives light to each of us.

Psalm 66:9

God protects us from death and keeps us steady.

Jeremiah 38:16

He said, “I swear in the name of the living LORD our Creator that I won't have you killed. No one else can hear what we say, and I won't let anyone kill you.”

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you turned against him and ordered the cups from his temple to be brought here, so that you and your wives and officials could drink wine from them. You praised idols made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, even though they cannot see or hear or think. You refused to worship the God who gives you breath and controls everything you do.

Luke 20:38

So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned.

Luke 3:38

Enosh, and Seth. The family of Jesus went all the way back to Adam and then to God.

John 11:25

Jesus then said, “I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die.

John 5:26

The Father has the power to give life, and he has given that same power to the Son.

Deuteronomy 30:20

Be completely faithful to the LORD your God, love him, and do whatever he tells you. The LORD is the only one who can give life, and he will let you live a long time in the land that he promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Colossians 1:17

God's Son was before all else, and by him everything is held together.

Titus 1:12

It is like one of their own prophets once said, “The people of Crete always tell lies. They are greedy and lazy like wild animals.”

Hebrews 1:3

God's Son has all the brightness of God's own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together. After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side of the glorious God in heaven.

Hebrews 12:9

Our earthly fathers correct us, and we still respect them. Isn't it even better to be given true life by letting our spiritual Father correct us?

Hebrews 2:11

Jesus and the people he makes holy all belong to the same family. That is why he isn't ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

1 Samuel 25:29

The LORD your God will keep you safe when your enemies try to kill you. But he will snatch away their lives quicker than you can throw a stone from a sling.