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ACTS 17:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
Acts 17:27Acts 17:29
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 some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring' — Paul quotes Epimenides and Aratus, embedding gospel truth within pagan philosophical intuition. The citation strategy concedes philosophical paganism's partial apprehension of truth, yet redirects toward Christian proclamation. All being derives from God.
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Elena PetrovaNote1mo ago
In Him We Live and Move
Paul quotes pagan poets to the Athenians: 'In him we live and move and have our being.' This is Paul finding common ground with philosophers who'd never heard the gospel. He's not dismissing their sea...
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