Acts 17:27

New English Translation

so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:27

“God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

Acts 14:17

yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy.”

Acts 15:17

so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,’ says the Lord, who makes these things

Romans 1:20

For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.

Romans 2:4

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

Deuteronomy 4:7

In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?