Acts 17:28

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

Note This is probably a quote from the Cretan philosopher Epimenides of Knossos.

Note This is probably a quote from the poem “Phainomena” by the Cilician philosopher Aratus.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible
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.
KJV · King James Version
‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
WEB · World English Bible
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.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

in him
1 Samuel 25:29; Job 12:10; Psalm 36:9; Psalm 66:9; Luke 20:38; John 5:26; John 11:25; Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3
as
Titus 1:12
we are
Luke 3:38; Hebrews 12:9