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Acts 17:28-31
English Standard Version
Acts 17:28-31
English Standard Version
28 for
as even some of (B)your own poets have said,
“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’[b]
29 (C)Being then God's offspring, (D)we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. 30 (E)The times of ignorance (F)God overlooked, but (G)now he (H)commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed (I)a day on which (J)he will judge the world (K)in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and (L)of this he has given assurance to all (M)by raising him from the dead.”
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- Acts 17:28 Probably from Epimenides of Crete
- Acts 17:28 From Aratus's poem “Phainomena”
Acts 17:28-31
New International Version
Acts 17:28-31
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
- Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus
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