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Acts 17:29

CreationIdentity and self-worth

27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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BSB
Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
KJV
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
WEB
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
ASV
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
DARBY
Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination.
BLB
Therefore, being offspring of God, we ought not to consider the Divine Being to be like gold or silver or stone, a graven thing of man’s craft and imagination.
ÅB
Siden vi er Guds slekt må vi ikke tro at guddommen ligner et bilde av gull eller sølv eller stein, formet av menneskelig kunst og tanke.
OTB
Siden vi altså er Guds slekt, bør vi ikke tenke at den guddommelige natur er lik gull eller sølv eller stein, et bilde laget av menneskelig design og dyktighet.
B1930
Da vi nu altså er Guds ætt, bør vi ikke tro at guddommen er lik gull eller sølv eller sten, et billedverk av menneskelig kunst og tanke.

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