27 (A)so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, (B)though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for (C)in Him we live and move and have our being, (D)as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, (E)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, (F)these times of ignorance God overlooked, but (G)now commands all men everywhere to repent,

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27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.(A) 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a](B) 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.(C) 30 In the past God overlooked(D) such ignorance,(E) but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.(F)

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Footnotes

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