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Acts 17:29

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29“Being then the children of God, we aought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.

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Cross references

  1. aIs 40:18ff; Rom 1:23

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Being then God’s offspring, we 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

NLTNew Living Translation

And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore, because we are offspring of God, we ought not to think the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.

KJV 1900King James Version

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.