KJV ORIGINAL
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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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Everything we do, living, breathing, existing, happens because of him. Even your own poets figured this out when they wrote 'we're all his children.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Your whole life is connected to God, and deep down, everyone kind of knows it.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Acts, Chapter 17, the Apostle Paul is addressing the Areopagus in Athens, a center of Greek philosophy and idolatry, where he engages with Epicurean and Stoic thinkers. He quotes from their own poets, such as Aratus or Epimenides, to show that even their cultural wisdom points to a Creator God who sustains all life. This approach demonstrates Paul's strategy of using common ground to introduce the gospel in a pagan context.
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