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 into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.

For and if indeed there are those called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many,)

who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

To

He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!

And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

for from the world's creation the invisible things of him are perceived, being apprehended by the mind through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity, so as to render them inexcusable.

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine forth for them.

But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;

that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Ignorantly

God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,

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

but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men.

Ye worship ye know not what; we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews.

Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God.