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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Gill's Exposition
For in him we live, and move, and have our being,.... The natural life which men live is from God; and they are supported in it by him; and from him they have all the comforts and blessings of life;…
Barnes' Notes
For in him we live - The expression “in him” evidently means by him; by his originally forming us, and continually sustaining us. No words can better express our constant dependence on God. He is the…
Adam Clarke
For in him we live, and move, and have our being - He is the very source of our existence: the principle of life comes from him: the principle of motion, also, comes from him; one of the most…
We have here St. Paul's sermon at Athens. Divers sermons we have had, which the apostles preached to the Jews, or such Gentiles as had an acquaintance with and veneration for the Old Testament, and…
Cambridge Bible
for in him we live i.e. throughor byHim. All our existence is through His care, therefore He must be near to all of us. The preposition is rendered byin Act 17:31, "Bythat man whom he hath…
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