Paul Addresses the Areopagus
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So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.
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For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 1'To the unknown god.'2What therefore you worship 3as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
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4The God who made the world and everything in it, being 5Lord of heaven and earth, 6does not live in temples made by man,a
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nor is he served by human hands, 7as though he needed anything, since he himself 8gives to all mankind 9life and breath and everything.
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And 10he made from one man every nation of mankind to live 11on all the face of the earth, 12having determined allotted periods and 13the boundaries of their dwelling place,
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14that they should seek God, in the hope that 15they might feel their way toward him and find him. 16Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,
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for 17"'In him we live and move and have our being';bas even some of 18your own poets have said, "'For we are indeed his offspring.'c
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19Being then God's offspring, 20we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
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21The times of ignorance 22God overlooked, but 23now he 24commands all people everywhere to repent,
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because he has fixed 25a day on which 26he will judge the world 27in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and 28of this he has given assurance to all 29by raising him from the dead."
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Now when they heard of 30the resurrection of the dead, 31some mocked. But others said, 32"We will hear you again about this."
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So Paul went out from their midst.
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But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius 33the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Atos 17:22
Então Paulo, estando de pé no meio do Areópago, disse: Varões atenienses, em tudo vejo que sois excepcionalmente religiosos;
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New King James Version NKJV
Acts 17:22
Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
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Atos 17:22
Então Paulo levantou-se na reunião do Areópago e disse: “Atenienses! Vejo que em todos os aspectos vocês são muito religiosos,
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