Acts 17:24-34

New American Standard Bible

^24 (A)The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is ^(B)Lord of heaven and earth, does not ^(C)dwell in temples made by hands; ²⁵ nor is He served by human hands, ^(D)as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; ²⁶ and ^(E)He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having ^(F)determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, ²⁷ that they would seek God, if perhaps they might feel around for Him and find Him, ^(G)though He is not far from each one of us; ²⁸ for ^(H)in Him we live and move and ^[a]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His descendants.’ ²⁹ Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we ^(I)ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought. ³⁰ So having ^(J)overlooked ^(K)the times of ignorance, God is ^(L)now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent, ³¹ because He has set ^(M)a day on which ^(N)He will judge ^[b](O)the world in righteousness ^[c]through a Man whom He has ^(P)appointed, having furnished proof to all people ^[d]by ^(Q)raising Him from the dead.”

³² Now when they heard of ^(R)the resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We shall hear from you ^[e]again concerning this.” ³³ So Paul went out from among them. ³⁴ But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the ^(S)Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.