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Acts 17:30

RepentanceSin

28 ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

29 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.

Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”

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BSB
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
KJV
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
WEB
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
ASV
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
DARBY
God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,
BLB
Indeed, therefore, God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent,
ÅB
Etter at Gud har båret over med uvitenhetens tidsalder, befaler han nå menneskene overalt å omvende seg.
OTB
Tidligere overså Gud slik uvitenhet, men nå befaler han alle mennesker overalt å omvende seg,
B1930
Efterat Gud da har båret over med vankundighetens tider, byder han nu menneskene at de alle allesteds skal omvende sig,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 14:16

    In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.

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  • Titus 2:11–12

    For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

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  • Luke 24:47

    and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

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  • Romans 3:25

    God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

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  • Ephesians 4:17–32

    So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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  • Acts 26:17–20

    I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

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  • 1 Peter 4:3

    For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

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  • Romans 2:4

    Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

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