Acts 17:28

New International Reader's Version

‘In him we live and move and exist.’ As some of your own poets have also said, ‘We are his children.’

Cross References

Job 12:10

He holds the life of every creature in his hand. He controls the breath of every human being.

Psalm 36:9

You have the fountain of life. We are filled with light because you give us light.

Psalm 66:9

He has kept us alive. He has kept our feet from slipping.

Jeremiah 38:16

But King Zedekiah promised Jeremiah secretly, “I won’t kill you. And I won’t hand you over to those who want to kill you. That’s just as sure as the Lord is alive. He’s the one who has given us breath.”

Daniel 5:23

You have taken your stand against the Lord of heaven. You had your servants bring cups from his temple to you. You and your nobles drank wine from them. So did your wives and concubines. You praised your gods. The statues of those gods are made out of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood or stone. They can’t see or hear or understand anything. But you didn’t honor God. He holds in his hand your very life and everything you do.

Luke 20:38

He is not the God of the dead. He is the God of the living. In his eyes, everyone is alive.”

Luke 3:38

Kenan was the son of Enosh. Enosh was the son of Seth. Seth was the son of Adam. Adam was the son of God.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even if they die.

John 5:26

The Father has life in himself. He has allowed the Son also to have life in himself.

Deuteronomy 30:20

And you will love the Lord your God. You will obey him. You will remain true to him. The Lord is your very life. He will give you many years in the land. He promised to give that land to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Colossians 1:17

Before anything was created, he was already there. He holds everything together.

Titus 1:12

One of Crete’s own prophets has a saying. He says, “People from Crete are always liars. They are evil beasts. They don’t want to work. They live only to eat.”

Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the shining brightness of God’s glory. He is the exact likeness of God’s being. He uses his powerful word to hold all things together. He provided the way for people to be made pure from sin. Then he sat down at the right hand of the King, the Majesty in heaven.

Hebrews 12:9

Besides, we have all had human fathers who trained us. We respected them for it. How much more should we be trained by the Father of spirits and live!

Hebrews 2:11

And Jesus, who makes people holy, and the people he makes holy belong to the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

1 Samuel 25:29

Someone may chase you and try to kill you. But the Lord your God will keep your life safe like a treasure hidden in a bag. And he’ll destroy your enemies. Their lives will be thrown away, just as a stone is thrown from a sling.