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27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;
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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.
28 for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.'
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‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
29 "Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.
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“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.
30 "Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,
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In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
31 because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead."
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For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, "We shall hear you again concerning this."
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When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”
33 So Paul went out of their midst.
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At that, Paul left the Council.
34 But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
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Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
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