29 (A)Forasmuch then, as we are the generation of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone [a]graven by art and the invention of man.

30 [b]And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but now he admonisheth all men everywhere to repent.

31 Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath appointed, whereof he hath given an [c]assurance to all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:29 Which stuff, as gold, silver, stones, are customably graven as a man’s wit can devise, for men will not worship that gross stuff as it is, unless by some art it have gotten some shape upon it.
  2. Acts 17:30 The oldness of the error doth not excuse them that err, but it commendeth and setteth forth the patience of God: who notwithstanding will be a just judge to such as contemn him.
  3. Acts 17:31 By declaring Christ to be the judge of the world through the resurrection from the dead.

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.(A) 30 In the past God overlooked(B) such ignorance,(C) but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.(D) 31 For he has set a day when he will judge(E) the world with justice(F) by the man he has appointed.(G) He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”(H)

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