Acts 17:28
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For in him we live and move and are: as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring.

in him.

1 Samuel 25:29 For if a man at any time shall rise, and persecute thee, and seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be kept, as in the bundle of the living, with the Lord thy God: but the souls of thy enemies shall be whirled, as with the violence and whirling of a sling.

Job 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

Psalm 36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we shall see light.

Psalm 66:9 Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:

Luke 20:38 For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

John 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given to the Son also to have life in himself.

John 11:25 Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:

Colossians 1:17 And he is before all: and by him all things consist.

Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory and the figure of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, making purgation of sins, sitteth on the right hand of the majesty on high:

as.

Titus 1:12 One of them a prophet of their own, said: The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.

we are.

Luke 3:38 Who was of Henos, who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was of God.

Hebrews 12:9 Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh for instructors, and we reverenced them. Shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits and live?

Context
Paul Before the Areopagus
27That they should seek God, if haply they may feel after him or find him, although he be not far from every one of us. 28For in him we live and move and are: as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring. 29Being therefore the offspring of God, we must not suppose the divinity to be like unto gold or silver or stone, the graving of art and device of man.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:20
And that thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and obey his voice, and adhere to him (for he is thy life, and the length of thy days,) that thou mayst dwell in the land, for which the Lord swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give it them.

Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

Jeremiah 38:16
Then king Sedecias swore to Jeremiah, in private, saying: As the Lord liveth, that, made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I deliver thee into the hands of these men that seek thy life.

Daniel 5:23
But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.

Hebrews 2:11
For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying:

Lexicon
‘For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

in
Ἐν (En)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

we live
ζῶμεν (zōmen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

move
κινούμεθα (kinoumetha)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2795: To set in motion, move, remove, excite, stir up. From kio; to stir, literally or figuratively.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

have our being.’
ἐσμέν (esmen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

As
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

some
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

of your
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

[own]
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

poets
ποιητῶν (poiētōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4163: (a) a maker, poet, (b) a doer, carrier out, performer. From poieo; a performer; specially, a 'poet'.

have said,
εἰρήκασιν (eirēkasin)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2046: Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say.

‘We are
ἐσμέν (esmen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[His]
Τοῦ (Tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

offspring.’
γένος (genos)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1085: Offspring, family, race, nation, kind. From ginomai; 'kin'.


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

For in Him we live and move and are.' As also some of the poets among you have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'

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.

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.

for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.

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.

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.

For it is in closest union with Him that we live and move and have our being; as in fact some of the poets in repute among yourselves have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'

'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.'

for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.
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