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'for in him we live and move and exist.' Indeed, as some of the poets among you have said, 'We are actually his children.'
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So, since we are children of God, we shouldn't suppose that God's essence resembles gold, silver or stone shaped by human technique and imagination.
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"In the past, God overlooked such ignorance; but now he is commanding all people everywhere to turn to him from their sins.
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For he has set a Day when he will judge the inhabited world, and do it justly, by means of a man whom he has designated. And he has given public proof of it by resurrecting this man from the dead."
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At the mention of a resurrection of dead people, some began to scoff; while others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject."
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But some men stayed with him and came to trust, including the High Council member Dionysius; there was also a woman named Damaris; and others came to trust along with them.