^{22 Ref} And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that ye are very religious.

^{23 Ref} For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.

^{24 Ref} The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

^{25 Ref} neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

^{26 Ref} and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined `their' appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

^{27 Ref} that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:

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

^{29 Ref} 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.

^{30 Ref} The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

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