Acts 14:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ God allowed all nations to go their own way in past generations,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ In generations past He permitted all the nations to walk in their own ways;

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁶ In the past, he permitted every nation to go its own way.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But certainly, he did not leave himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Nevertheless he left not himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Acts 14:16 Cross References

Acts 17:30

Now God made allowance for the times when people were still uninformed [about His complete will], but now [in the Gospel age] He requires all people everywhere to repent [i.e., change their hearts and lives].

Romans 1:28

And since these people refused to acknowledge God, He has allowed [or, abandoned] them to have degraded minds and to practice those things which they should not do.

Romans 3:25

God presented Jesus as the atoning sacrifice [i.e., a “covering over” or forgiveness of our sins] through [our] faith in His blood [i.e., His death on the cross]. This was in order to demonstrate His justice when, by using forbearance, He passed over people’s sins in previous generations.

Ephesians 2:12

[Remember] that you were at that time without Christ; [you were] excluded from citizenship in the nation of Israel; [you were] foreigners regarding the Agreements of [God’s] promises. You had no hope and were without God in the world.

1 Peter 4:3

For the time you have [already] spent in the past [i.e., as Gentile unbelievers] was long enough to have practiced unrestrained, indecent conduct, improper sexual cravings, riotous living, wild parties, drunken orgies and disgusting idol worship.