Acts 17:27-31

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.

28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’^[a] 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.

30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

31 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.”

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 4:7; Isaiah 55:6; Jeremiah 23:23,24; Acts 14:17
• 2. Deuteronomy 30:20; Job 12:10; Daniel 5:23
• 3. Isaiah 40:18-20; Romans 1:23
• 4. Acts 14:16; Romans 3:25
• 5. ver 23; 1 Peter 1:14
• 6. Luke 24:47; Titus 2:11,12
• 7. S Matthew 10:15
• 8. Psalms 9:8; Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9
• 9. S Acts 10:42
• 10. S Acts 2:24

Footnotes

• [a] From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
• [b] From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus