Acts 14:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“In the past God let all the nations do what they wanted.

Cross References

Acts 17:30

In the past people did not understand God, and he overlooked this. But now he is telling everyone in the world to change and turn to him.

Psalm 81:12

So I let them go their own stubborn way and do whatever they wanted.

1 Peter 4:3

In the past you wasted too much time doing what those who don’t know God like to do. You were living immoral lives, doing the evil things you wanted to do. You were always getting drunk, having wild drinking parties, and doing shameful things in your worship of idols.

Psalm 147:20

He did not do this for any other nation. He did not teach his laws to other people. Praise the Lord!

Ephesians 2:12

Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel, and you did not know about the agreements with the promises that God made to his people. You had no hope, and you did not know God.

Micah 4:5

All the people from other nations follow their own gods, but we will follow the Lord our God forever and ever!

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking. And so they do what they should not do.

Hosea 4:17

“Ephraim has joined his idols, so leave him alone.

Romans 3:25

God gave Jesus as a way to forgive people’s sins through their faith in him. God can forgive them because the blood sacrifice of Jesus pays for their sins. God gave Jesus to show that he always does what is right and fair. He was right in the past when he was patient and did not punish people for their sins. And in our own time he still does what is right. God worked all this out in a way that allows him to judge people fairly and still make right any person who has faith in Jesus.