22SoPaulstood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of 1Athens, I observe that you are very2religious in allrespects.
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"For while I was passingthrough and examining the 3objects of your worship, I alsofound an altar with thisinscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWNGOD.' Thereforewhat4you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.
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"5The God who made the world and allthings in it, since He is 6Lord of heaven and earth, does not 7dwell in templesmade with hands;
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nor is He served by humanhands, 8as though He neededanything, since He Himselfgives to all people life and breath and allthings;
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and 9He made from one man everynation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having 10determined their appointedtimes and the boundaries of their habitation,
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that they would seekGod, ifperhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, 11though* He is not far from eachone of us;
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for 12in Him we live and move and exist, as evensome of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.'
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"Beingthen the children of God, we 13ought not to think that the DivineNature is likegoldorsilverorstone, an imageformed by the art and thought of man.
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"Therefore having 14overlooked15the times of ignorance, God is 16nowdeclaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,
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because He has fixed17a day in which18He willjudge19the world in righteousnessthrough a Manwhom He has 20appointed, having furnishedproof to allmen by 21raising Him from the dead."
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Now when they heard of 22the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but otherssaid, "We shall hear you again*concerningthis."