Acts 17:24

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Acts 17:24

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

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KJV

King James Version

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

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WEB

World English Bible

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.

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ASV

American Standard Version

The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

The God having made the world and all things that [are] in it, this [One], being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in hand-made temples,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 17

²² Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

²³ For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

²⁴ The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

²⁵ Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

²⁶ From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

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