Acts 17:22-34

22ThenG1161 PaulG3972 stood upG2476 inG1722 the meetingG33191 of theG3588 AreopagusG697 and saidG5346, “MenG435 of AthensG117, I seeG2334 thatG5613 inG2596 every wayG3956 youG4771 are very religiousG1174. 23ForG1063 as I walked aroundG1330 andG2532 examinedG333 yourG4771 objects of worshipG4574, I even foundG2147G2532 an altarG1041 withG1722G3739 this inscriptionG1924:

TO AN UNKNOWNG57 GODG2316.

ThereforeG3767 whatG3739 you worshipG2151 as something unknownG50, IG1473 now proclaimG2605 to youG4771.

24TheG3588 GodG2316 whoG3588 madeG4160 theG3588 worldG2889 andG2532 everythingG3956 inG1722 itG846 isG5225 the LordG2962 of heavenG3772 andG2532 earthG1093 and does notG3756 liveG2730 inG1722 templesG3485 made by human handsG5499. 25NorG3761 is He servedG2323 byG5259 humanG442 handsG5495, as if He neededG4326 anythingG5100, because He HimselfG846 givesG1325 everyoneG3956 lifeG2222 andG2532 breathG4157 andG2532 everythingG3956 else. 26FromG1537 oneG1520 man2 He madeG4160 everyG3956 nationG1484 of menG444, that they should inhabitG2730G1909 the wholeG3956G4383 earthG1093; and He determinedG3724 their appointedG4367 timesG2540 andG2532 theG3588 boundariesG3734 of theirG846 landsG2733.

27God intended that they would seekG2212 Him and perhapsG1487G687 reach out forG5584 HimG846 andG2532 findG2147 Him, thoughG2532G1065 He isG5225 notG3756 farG3112 fromG575 eachG1538 oneG1520 of usG1473. 28‘ForG1063 inG1722 HimG846 we liveG2198 andG2532 moveG2795 andG2532 have our beingG1510.’3 AsG5613 someG5100 of yourG2596G4771 own poetsG4163 have saidG2046, ‘We areG1510 His offspringG1085.’4 29ThereforeG3767, beingG5225 offspringG1085 of GodG2316, we shouldG3784 notG3756 thinkG3543 that theG3588 Divine BeingG2304 isG1510 likeG3664 goldG5557 orG2228 silverG696 orG2228 stoneG3037, an image formedG5480 by man’sG444 skillG5078 andG2532 imaginationG1761.

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AlthoughG3303 GodG2316 overlookedG5237 theG3588 ignoranceG52 ofG3588 earlier timesG5550, He now commandsG3568G3853 allG3956 peopleG444 everywhereG3837 to repentG3340. 31ForG2530 He has setG2476 a dayG2250 whenG1722G3739 He willG3195 judgeG2919 theG3588 worldG3625 withG1722 justiceG1343 byG1722 the ManG435 He has appointedG3724. He has givenG3930 proofG4102 of this to everyoneG3956 by raisingG450 HimG846 fromG1537 the deadG3498.”

32When they heard aboutG191 the resurrectionG386 of the deadG3498, someG3588 began to mockG5512 him, butG1161 others saidG2036, “We want to hearG191 youG4771 againG3825G2532 onG4012 thisG3778 topic.” 33At thatG3779, PaulG3972 leftG1831 the Areopagus. 34ButG1161 someG51005 joinedG2853 himG846 and believedG4100, includingG1722G3739G2532 DionysiusG1354 theG3588 AreopagiteG698, a womanG1135 namedG3686 DamarisG1152, andG2532 othersG2087 who were withG4862 themG846.