Acts 17:23

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Summary

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Devotions

Romans 1:23

1 Corinthians 8:5

2 Thessalonians 2:4

To

Ignorantly

John 8:54

Bible References

Devotions

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.

To

He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them .

Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:

that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Ignorantly

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;