28 for (A)in Him we live and move and have our being, (B)as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, (C)we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising. 30 Truly, (D)these times of ignorance God overlooked, but (E)now commands all men everywhere to repent, 31 because He has appointed a day on which (F)He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by (G)raising Him from the dead.”

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28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a](A) As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[b]

29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.(B) 30 In the past God overlooked(C) such ignorance,(D) but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.(E) 31 For he has set a day when he will judge(F) the world with justice(G) by the man he has appointed.(H) He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
  2. Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus