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but they supposed that either fire or wind or swift air, or the circle of the stars, or turbulent water, or the luminaries of heaven were the gods that rule the world.
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If through delight in the beauty of these things people assumed them to be gods, let them know how much better than these is their Lord, for the author of beauty created them.
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And if people were amazed at their power and working, let them perceive from them how much more powerful is the one who formed them.
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For from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator.
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Yet these people are little to be blamed, for perhaps they go astray while seeking God and desiring to find him.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.