Acts 14:16 Cross References

Acts 14:16

16: In earlier days he permitted all the nations to go their own ways,

God overlooked people's former ignorance about these things, but now he commands everyone everywhere to turn away from idols and turn to him.

So I let them follow their blind and stubborn way, living according to their own desires.

Even though the nations around us worship idols, we will follow the LORD our God forever and ever.

He has not done this with any other nation; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD!

You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy--their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.

When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done.

Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.
Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.
And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people, or birds and animals and snakes.
So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies.
Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen.

In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.

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