What you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. “The God who made the world and all things in
it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with
hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He
needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and
all things; and He made from one man every nation of
mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their
appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they
would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is
not far from each one of us; for in Him
we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we
also are His children.’
For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom
of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, forgiveness of sins. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all
things have been created through Him and for Him. He is
before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is
also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from
the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. For it was the Father’s good pleasure for
all the fullness to dwell in Him, and
through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the
blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things
in heaven.
That all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you
Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you
assurance of sharing his glory.
“Being
then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like
gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man. Therefore having overlooked the times of
ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should
repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will
judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having
furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.”
Paragraph 1: Acts 17:22-28; Paragraph 2: Colossians 1:13-20; Paragraph 3: Colossians 2:9; John 5:23; Paragraph 4: Ephesians 2:18; Colossians 1:27 Paragraph 5: Acts 17:29-31
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