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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.’

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐνenInG1722 →
αὐτῷautōHimG846 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ζῶμενzōmenwe liveG2198 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
κινούμεθαkinoumethamoveG2795 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐσμέν,esmenare,’G1510 →
ὡςhōsAsG5613 →
καίkaialsoG2532 →
τινεςtinessomeG5100 →
τῶνtōnof theG3588 →
καθ᾽kath᾽amongG2596 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771 →
ποιητῶνpoiētōnpoetsG4163 →
εἰρήκασιν·eirēkasinhave said;G2046 →
τοῦtouof [Him]G3588 →
γὰρgarForG1063 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
γένοςgenosoffspringG1085 →
ἐσμέν.esmenwe are.’G1510 →

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Job 12:10The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.Colossians 1:17He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.Psalms 36:9For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.Luke 20:38He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.John 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.Psalms 66:9He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?1 Samuel 25:29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.Romans 11:36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.Deuteronomy 30:20and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.Job 10:12You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.Acts 17:25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.Genesis 1:29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.Proverbs 20:24A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?

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