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26 From one ancestor[a] he made all peoples to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,(A) 27 so that they would search for God[b] and perhaps fumble about for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us.(B) 28 For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said,

‘For we, too, are his offspring.’(C)

29 “Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals.(D) 30 While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,(E) 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”(F)

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  1. 17.26 Gk From one; other ancient authorities read From one blood
  2. 17.27 Other ancient authorities read the Lord

26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(A) 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.(B) 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a](C) 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.(D) 30 In the past God overlooked(E) such ignorance,(F) but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.(G) 31 For he has set a day when he will judge(H) the world with justice(I) by the man he has appointed.(J) He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
  2. Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus