Acts 17:24-31
Holman Christian Standard Bible
24 The God who made the world and everything in it(A)—He is Lord of heaven and earth(B) and does not live in shrines made by hands.(C) 25 Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything,(D) since He Himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.(E) 26 From one man[a] He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.(F) 27 He did this so they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.(G) 28 For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’[b](H) 29 Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.(I)
30 “Therefore, having overlooked(J) the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because He has set a day when He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”(K)
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- Acts 17:26 Other mss read one blood
- Acts 17:28 This citation is from Aratus, a third-century b.c. Gk poet.
Acts 17:24-31
King James Version
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 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:
28 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.
29 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.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 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.
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