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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.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

For in him (εν αυτω γαρ). Proof of God's nearness, not stoic pantheism, but real immanence in God as God dwells in us. The three v…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Verse 28: For in him we live. The expression "in him" evidently means by Him—by His originally forming us and continually sustaining us. N…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

For in him we live, and move, and have our being.—Better, we live, and are moved, and are. Each of the verbs use…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The substance of the Athenian address concerns the nature of God and the responsibility of human beings to God. Contrary to all pantheistic and pol…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

For in him. I grant that the apostles, according to the Hebrew phrase, often take this preposition in for by or thro…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For in him we live, and move, and have our being
The natural life which men live is from God; and they are supported…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here we have a sermon addre ed to heathens, who worshipped false gods and were without the true God in the world. For them, the scope of the discou…

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