Acts 17:16-18

Paul in Athens

16Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was aprovoked within him as he saw that the city was bfull of idols. 17So che reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. 18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, dWhat does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because ehe was preaching fJesus and the resurrection.

Acts 17:29-30

29 gBeing then God’s offspring, hwe 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. 30 iThe times of ignorance jGod overlooked, but know he lcommands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 26:17-20

17 mdelivering you from your people and from the Gentilesnto whom I oam sending you 18 pto open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from qthe power of Satan to God, that they may receive rforgiveness of sins and sa place among those who are sanctified tby faith in me.’

19Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to uthe heavenly vision, 20but declared first vto those in Damascus, wthen in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also xto the Gentiles, that they should yrepent and zturn to God, performing deeds aain keeping with their repentance.
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