"Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or s…" — Acts 17:29

Acts 17:29 · KJV

“Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.”

— Acts 17:29

Verse 28

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Verse 30

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Acts 17 — Context

That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by {that} man whom he hath ordained; {whereof} he hath given assurance unto all {men}, in that he hath raised him from the dead. {hath given...: or, offered faith}

Cross References

Isaiah 40:25

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

Exodus 20:4

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness {of any thing} that {is} in heaven above, or that {is} in the earth beneath, or that {is} in the water under the earth:

Isaiah 46:5-6

To whom will ye liken me, and make {me} equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

Psalms 115:4-8

Their idols {are} silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Habakkuk 2:19-20

Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it {is} laid over with gold and silver, and {there is} no breath at all in the midst of it.

Jeremiah 10:4-10

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

Romans 1:20-23

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, {even} his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: {so...: or, that they may be}

Psalms 106:20

Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.