King James Version
Acts 17:29 in the King James Version says “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or s...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.”
Acts 17:29 · KJV
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:
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.
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. hath given: or, offered faith
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the offspring”
G1085"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)
“as we are”
G5225to begin under (quietly), i.e., come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, particip
“of God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“we ought”
G3784to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
“to think”
G3543properly, to do by law (usage), i.e., to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard
“graven”
G5480a scratch or etching, i.e., stamp (as a badge of servitude), or scupltured figure (statue)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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