Acts 17:27-28

²⁷God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

²⁸‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

— Acts 17:27-28

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Acts 17:27

Devo: Today's Verse

"[Paul spoke to the educated people of Athens and explained,] "God [made all people from one man] so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and..."

God Is Not Far from Us!

Devo: Unstoppable!

"[Paul, continuing his address to the council of the city of Athens: "God's] purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way...."

Cross References for Acts 17:27-28

• Job 12:10
• Colossians 1:17
• Hebrews 1:3
• Psalm 36:9
• Luke 20:38
• Jeremiah 23:23-24
• John 5:26
• John 11:25
• Psalm 66:9
• Hebrews 12:9

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