25 (A)Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things,

26 [a]And hath made of [b]one blood all mankind, to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath assigned the seasons which were ordained before, and the bounds of their habitation,

27 That they should seek the Lord, if so be they might have [c]groped after him, and found him, though doubtless he be not far from every one of us.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:26 God is wonderful in all his works, but especially in the work of man: not that we should stand amazed at his works, but that we should lift up our eyes to the workman.
  2. Acts 17:26 Of one stock and one beginning.
  3. Acts 17:27 For as blind men we could not seek out God, but only by groping wise, before the true light came and lightened the world.

25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.(A) 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(B) 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.(C)

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