Catholic Public Domain Version
"Neither is he served by the hands of men, as if in need of anything, since it is he who gives to all things life and breath and all else. "
— Acts 17:25, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;”
“neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; ”
“neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.”
“nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.”
“Neither is he served with men's hands, as though he needed any thing: seeing it is he who giveth to all life and breath and all things:”
“And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;”
“Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;”
But Paul, standing in the middle of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are rather superstitious.
For as I was passing by and noticing your idols, I also found an altar, on which was written: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this is what I am preaching to you:
the God who made the world and all that is in it, the One who is the Lord of heaven and earth, who does not live in temples made with hands.
Neither is he served by the hands of men, as if in need of anything, since it is he who gives to all things life and breath and all else.
And he has made, out of one, every family of man: to live upon the face of the entire earth, determining the appointed seasons and the limits of their habitation,
so as to seek God, if perhaps they may consider him or find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
‘For in him we live, and move, and exist.’ Just as some of your own poets have said. ‘For we are also of his family.’