¹⁹ because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.

¹⁶ who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.

¹⁷ And yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

²⁰ For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, `even' his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

¹ The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

² Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge.

³ There is no speech nor language; Their voice is not heard.

⁴ Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

⁵ Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

⁶ His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

²³ 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

¹⁰ But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

¹¹ Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

¹² He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

¹³ when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

⁹ There was the true light, `even the light' which lighteth every man, coming into the world.