¹⁵ Now ^(A)those who escorted Paul brought him as far as ^(B)Athens; and after receiving a command for ^(C)Silas and Timothy to ^(D)come to him as soon as possible, they left.

²¹ (Now all the Athenians and the strangers ^(A)visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something newer.)

²² So Paul stood in the midst of the ^[a]Areopagus and said, “Men of ^(B)Athens, I observe that you are very ^(C)religious in all respects. ²³ For while I was passing through and examining the ^(D)objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what ^(E)you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. ^24 (F)The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is ^(G)Lord of heaven and earth, does not ^(H)dwell in temples made with hands; ²⁵ nor is He served by human hands, ^(I)as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; ²⁶ and ^(J)He made from one man every nation of mankind to inhabit all the face of the earth, having ^(K)determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, ²⁷ that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, ^(L)though He is not far from each one of us; ²⁸ for ^(M)in Him we live and move and ^[b]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His offspring.’ ²⁹ Being then the offspring of God, we ^(N)ought not to suppose that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the craft and thought of man. ³⁰ Therefore having ^(O)overlooked ^(P)the times of ignorance, God is ^(Q)now commanding men that everyone everywhere should repent, ³¹ because He has fixed ^(R)a day in which ^(S)He will judge ^[c](T)the world in righteousness ^[d]through a Man whom He ^(U)determined, having furnished proof to all ^[e]by ^(V)raising Him from the dead.”

³² Now when they heard about ^(W)the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you ^[f]again concerning this.” ³³ In this way, Paul went out of their midst. ³⁴ But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the ^(X)Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

In Corinth

18 After these things he departed ^(Y)Athens and went to ^(Z)Corinth.

Timothy’s Good Report

3 Therefore ^(A)when we could endure it no longer, we were pleased to be left behind at ^(B)Athens alone,