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

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Ignorantly

Bible References

Devotions

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.

For, even if there are things called gods, whether in heaven, or on earth (as there are gods many, and lords many);

he that opposes himself against, and exalts himself above, all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he sits in the temple of God, exhibiting himself as God.

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And this is the eternal life, that they know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom Thou didst send.

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

For, since in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom knew not God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe;

in whom the god of this world 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 shine upon them.

But then, indeed, when ye knew not God, ye served those which by nature are no gods;

that at that time ye were apart from Christ, alienated 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, incorruptible, invisible, only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us understanding, that we may know the True One: and we are in the True One??n His Son Jesus Christ. This is the True God, and eternal life.

Ignorantly

God, therefore, having overlooked the time of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent;

But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

Ye worship ye know not what; we know what we worship, because salvation is from the Jews.

Jesus answered, "If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing. It is My Father Who glorifieth Me, of Whom ye say, that He is your God.