Acts 17:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“God 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.”
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“God 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:”
King James Version · Public Domain“that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, --though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 17:27 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:7For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
- 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- Psalms 139:1O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
- Jeremiah 23:23“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
- Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Acts 15:17so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
- Romans 1:20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
- Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
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