Acts 17:28-30

Expanded Bible

²⁸ ‘[^LFor] ·By his power [or In him] we live and move and ·exist [have our being; ^Ca quotation from the Cretan philosopher Epimenides, from about 600 bc].’ [^LAs] Some of your own poets have said: ‘For we are his ·children [offspring; ^Ca quotation from Aratus, a Stoic philosopher from Cilicia, who lived about 315–240 bc].’ ²⁹ Since we are God’s ·children [offspring], you must not think that ·God [the deity; or the divine nature] is like ·something [an image/likeness] ·that people imagine or make [^Lmade by human skill and imagination] from gold, silver, or rock. ³⁰ ·In the past, people did not understand God, and he ignored this [or God overlooked such times of ignorance]. But now, God ·tells [commands] all people in the world to ·change their hearts and lives [repent].