“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!
Acts 17:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 so that they would search for God and perhaps fumble about for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us. American Standard Version (1901) 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: Common English Bible God made the nations so they would seek him, perhaps even reach out to him and find him. In fact, God isn’t far away from any of us. Catholic Public Domain Version so as to seek God, if perhaps they may consider him or find him, though he is not far from each one of us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That they should seek God, if happily they may feel after him or find him, although he be not far from every one of us: |
“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!
yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good, giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”
so that all other peoples may seek the Lord— even all the gentiles over whom my name has been called. Thus says the Lord, who has been making these things
Ever since the creation of the world God’s eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been seen and understood through the things God has made. So they are without excuse,
Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
For what other great nation has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is whenever we call to him?