Acts 17:24–34

^24rThe God who made the world and everything in it, being ^sLord of heaven and earth, ^tdoes not live in temples made by man,^{3 25}nor is he served by human hands, ^uas though he needed anything, since he himself ^vgives to all mankind ^wlife and breath and everything. ²⁶And ^xhe made from one man every nation of mankind to live ^yon all the face of the earth, ^zhaving determined allotted periods and ^athe boundaries of their dwelling place, ^27bthat they should seek God, ^cand perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. ^dYet he is actually not far from each one of us, ²⁸for

^e“ ‘In him we live and move and have our being’;⁴

as even some of ^fyour own poets have said,

“ ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’⁵

^29gBeing then God’s offspring, ^hwe ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. ³⁰ⁱThe times of ignorance ^jGod overlooked, but ^know he ^lcommands all people everywhere to repent, ³¹because he has fixed ^ma day on which ⁿhe will judge the world ^oin righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and ^pof this he has given assurance to all ^qby raising him from the dead.”

³²Now when they heard of ^rthe resurrection of the dead, ^ssome mocked. But others said, ^t“We will hear you again about this.” ³³So Paul went out from their midst. ³⁴But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius ^uthe Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.