Acts 17:30 “God overlooks it as long as you don’t know any better—but that time is past. The unknown is now known, and he’s calling for a radical life-change. He has se...

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The Message - “God overlooks it as long as you don’t know any better—but that time is past. The unknown is now known, and he’s calling for a radical life-change. He has set a day when the entire human race will be judged and everything set right. And he has already appointed the judge, confirming him before everyone by raising him from the dead.”
新标点和合本 - 世人蒙昧无知的时候，　神并不监察，如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 世人蒙昧无知的时候，上帝并不追究，如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 世人蒙昧无知的时候，　神并不追究，如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
当代译本 - “上帝以往不鉴察世人的无知，现在则命令世上所有的人都要悔改。
圣经新译本 - 过去那无知的时代，　神不加以追究；现在，他却吩咐各处的人都要悔改，
中文标准译本 - “虽然神并不鉴察那愚昧无知的时代，但如今却吩咐各处所有的人都要悔改，
现代标点和合本 - 世人蒙昧无知的时候，神并不监察，如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
和合本（拼音版） - 世人蒙昧无知的时候，上帝并不监察，如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
New International Version - In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
New International Reader's Version - In the past, God didn’t judge people for what they didn’t know. But now he commands all people everywhere to turn away from their sins.
English Standard Version - The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
New Living Translation - “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him.
Christian Standard Bible - “Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,
New American Standard Bible - So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,
New King James Version - Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
Amplified Bible - Therefore God overlooked and disregarded the former ages of ignorance; but now He commands all people everywhere to repent [that is, to change their old way of thinking, to regret their past sins, and to seek God’s purpose for their lives],
American Standard Version - The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
King James Version - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
New English Translation - Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,
World English Bible - The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
新標點和合本 - 世人蒙昧無知的時候，神並不監察，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 世人蒙昧無知的時候，上帝並不追究，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 世人蒙昧無知的時候，　神並不追究，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。
當代譯本 - 「上帝以往不鑒察世人的無知，現在則命令世上所有的人都要悔改。
聖經新譯本 - 過去那無知的時代，　神不加以追究；現在，他卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改，
呂振中譯本 - 這樣，無知的時候、上帝不加細察，如今卻囑咐各處的人都要悔改。
中文標準譯本 - 「雖然神並不鑒察那愚昧無知的時代，但如今卻吩咐各處所有的人都要悔改，
現代標點和合本 - 世人蒙昧無知的時候，神並不監察，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。
文理和合譯本 - 是以往時無知、上帝容之、今乃隨在命眾改悔、
文理委辦譯本 - 往者冒昧以行、上帝不咎、今乃隨在、命眾悔改、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 往時世人蒙昧、天主不究、今乃命眾隨在悔改、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 昔在蒙昧之世、天主尚予優容、今已檄曉人群、咸當幡然悔改、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pues bien, Dios pasó por alto aquellos tiempos de tal ignorancia, pero ahora manda a todos, en todas partes, que se arrepientan.
현대인의 성경 - 알지 못하던 시대에는 하나님이 그대로 내버려 두셨지만 이제는 각처에 있는 모든 사람에게 회개하라고 명령하십니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Итак, оставляя в стороне времена невежества, Бог сейчас повелевает всем людям повсюду покаяться.
Восточный перевод - Было время, когда Всевышний принимал в расчёт людское невежество, но сейчас Он повелевает всем людям повсюду покаяться.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Было время, когда Аллах принимал в расчёт людское невежество, но сейчас Он повелевает всем людям повсюду покаяться.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Было время, когда Всевышний принимал в расчёт людское невежество, но сейчас Он повелевает всем людям повсюду покаяться.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Or Dieu ne tient plus compte des temps où les hommes ne le connaissaient pas. Aujourd’hui, il leur annonce à tous, et partout, qu’ils doivent changer.
リビングバイブル - 今まで、神様はこうした無知を見過ごしてこられました。しかし今は、すべての人に、偶像を捨てて神に立ち返るようにと命じておられるのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ θεός, τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πάντας πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ Θεὸς, τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πάντας πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν,
Nova Versão Internacional - No passado Deus não levou em conta essa ignorância, mas agora ordena que todos, em todo lugar, se arrependam.
Hoffnung für alle - Bisher haben die Menschen das nicht erkannt, und Gott hatte Geduld mit ihnen. Aber jetzt befiehlt er allen Menschen auf der ganzen Welt, zu ihm umzukehren.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trước kia loài người không biết Đức Chúa Trời, Ngài đã rộng lòng tha thứ, nhưng bây giờ Chúa truyền cho mọi người khắp thế giới phải ăn năn thờ phượng Ngài.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในอดีตพระเจ้าทรงมองข้ามความเขลาเช่นนั้น แต่บัดนี้ทรงบัญชามนุษย์ทั้งปวงทั่วทุกแห่งให้กลับใจใหม่
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในสมัยก่อน พระเจ้ามองข้ามความไร้เดียงสาเช่นนั้นของมนุษย์ แต่มาบัดนี้พระองค์ออกคำสั่งให้คนทั่วทุกแห่งหนกลับใจ

交叉引用

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets.
Romans 1:28 - Since they didn’t bother to acknowledge God, God quit bothering them and let them run loose. And then all hell broke loose: rampant evil, grabbing and grasping, vicious backstabbing. They made life hell on earth with their envy, wanton killing, bickering, and cheating. Look at them: mean-spirited, venomous, fork-tongued God-bashers. Bullies, swaggerers, insufferable windbags! They keep inventing new ways of wrecking lives. They ditch their parents when they get in the way. Stupid, slimy, cruel, cold-blooded. And it’s not as if they don’t know better. They know perfectly well they’re spitting in God’s face. And they don’t care—worse, they hand out prizes to those who do the worst things best!
Acts 3:19 - “Now it’s time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you, and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus. For the time being he must remain out of sight in heaven until everything is restored to order again just the way God, through the preaching of his holy prophets of old, said it would be. Moses, for instance, said, ‘Your God will raise up for you a prophet just like me from your family. Listen to every word he speaks to you. Every last living soul who refuses to listen to that prophet will be wiped out from the people.’
Ephesians 5:6 - Don’t let yourselves get taken in by religious smooth talk. God gets furious with people who are full of religious sales talk but want nothing to do with him. Don’t even hang around people like that.
Ephesians 5:8 - You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You’re out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true—these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.
Mark 6:12 - Then they were on the road. They preached with joyful urgency that life can be radically different; right and left they sent the demons packing; they brought wellness to the sick, anointing their bodies, healing their spirits.
Acts 11:18 - Hearing it all laid out like that, they quieted down. And then, as it sank in, they started praising God. “It’s really happened! God has broken through to the other nations, opened them up to Life!”
1 Peter 4:3 - You’ve already put in your time in that God-ignorant way of life, partying night after night, a drunken and profligate life. Now it’s time to be done with it for good. Of course, your old friends don’t understand why you don’t join in with the old gang anymore. But you don’t have to give an account to them. They’re the ones who will be called on the carpet—and before God himself.
Ephesians 4:17 - And so I insist—and God backs me up on this—that there be no going along with the crowd, the empty-headed, mindless crowd. They’ve refused for so long to deal with God that they’ve lost touch not only with God but with reality itself. They can’t think straight anymore. Feeling no pain, they let themselves go in sexual obsession, addicted to every sort of perversion.
Ephesians 4:20 - But that’s no life for you. You learned Christ! My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus. Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean everything—connected with that old way of life has to go. It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it! And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you.
Ephesians 4:25 - What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself.
Ephesians 4:26 - Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry—but don’t use your anger as fuel for revenge. And don’t stay angry. Don’t go to bed angry. Don’t give the Devil that kind of foothold in your life.
Ephesians 4:28 - Did you use to make ends meet by stealing? Well, no more! Get an honest job so that you can help others who can’t work.
Ephesians 4:29 - Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.
Ephesians 4:30 - Don’t grieve God. Don’t break his heart. His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself. Don’t take such a gift for granted.
Ephesians 4:31 - Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.
Acts 26:17 - “‘I’m sending you off to open the eyes of the outsiders so they can see the difference between dark and light, and choose light, see the difference between Satan and God, and choose God. I’m sending you off to present my offer of sins forgiven, and a place in the family, inviting them into the company of those who begin real living by believing in me.’
Acts 26:19 - “What could I do, King Agrippa? I couldn’t just walk away from a vision like that! I became an obedient believer on the spot. I started preaching this life-change—this radical turn to God and everything it meant in everyday life—right there in Damascus, went on to Jerusalem and the surrounding countryside, and from there to the whole world.
Romans 3:25 - God sacrificed Jesus on the altar of the world to clear that world of sin. Having faith in him sets us in the clear. God decided on this course of action in full view of the public—to set the world in the clear with himself through the sacrifice of Jesus, finally taking care of the sins he had so patiently endured. This is not only clear, but it’s now—this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness.
Titus 2:11 - God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.
Acts 14:16 - “In the generations before us, God let all the different nations go their own way. But even then he didn’t leave them without a clue, for he made a good creation, poured down rain and gave bumper crops. When your bellies were full and your hearts happy, there was evidence of good beyond your doing.” Talking fast and hard like this, they prevented them from carrying out the sacrifice that would have honored them as gods—but just barely.

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交叉引用

The Message - “God overlooks it as long as you don’t know any better—but that time is past. The unknown is now known, and he’s calling for a radical life-change. He has set a day when the entire human race will be judged and everything set right. And he has already appointed the judge, confirming him before everyone by raising him from the dead.”
新标点和合本 - 世人蒙昧无知的时候，　神并不监察，如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 世人蒙昧无知的时候，上帝并不追究，如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 世人蒙昧无知的时候，　神并不追究，如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
当代译本 - “上帝以往不鉴察世人的无知，现在则命令世上所有的人都要悔改。
圣经新译本 - 过去那无知的时代，　神不加以追究；现在，他却吩咐各处的人都要悔改，
中文标准译本 - “虽然神并不鉴察那愚昧无知的时代，但如今却吩咐各处所有的人都要悔改，
现代标点和合本 - 世人蒙昧无知的时候，神并不监察，如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
和合本（拼音版） - 世人蒙昧无知的时候，上帝并不监察，如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
New International Version - In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
New International Reader's Version - In the past, God didn’t judge people for what they didn’t know. But now he commands all people everywhere to turn away from their sins.
English Standard Version - The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
New Living Translation - “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him.
Christian Standard Bible - “Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,
New American Standard Bible - So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,
New King James Version - Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
Amplified Bible - Therefore God overlooked and disregarded the former ages of ignorance; but now He commands all people everywhere to repent [that is, to change their old way of thinking, to regret their past sins, and to seek God’s purpose for their lives],
American Standard Version - The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
King James Version - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
New English Translation - Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,
World English Bible - The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
新標點和合本 - 世人蒙昧無知的時候，神並不監察，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 世人蒙昧無知的時候，上帝並不追究，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 世人蒙昧無知的時候，　神並不追究，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。
當代譯本 - 「上帝以往不鑒察世人的無知，現在則命令世上所有的人都要悔改。
聖經新譯本 - 過去那無知的時代，　神不加以追究；現在，他卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改，
呂振中譯本 - 這樣，無知的時候、上帝不加細察，如今卻囑咐各處的人都要悔改。
中文標準譯本 - 「雖然神並不鑒察那愚昧無知的時代，但如今卻吩咐各處所有的人都要悔改，
現代標點和合本 - 世人蒙昧無知的時候，神並不監察，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。
文理和合譯本 - 是以往時無知、上帝容之、今乃隨在命眾改悔、
文理委辦譯本 - 往者冒昧以行、上帝不咎、今乃隨在、命眾悔改、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 往時世人蒙昧、天主不究、今乃命眾隨在悔改、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 昔在蒙昧之世、天主尚予優容、今已檄曉人群、咸當幡然悔改、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pues bien, Dios pasó por alto aquellos tiempos de tal ignorancia, pero ahora manda a todos, en todas partes, que se arrepientan.
현대인의 성경 - 알지 못하던 시대에는 하나님이 그대로 내버려 두셨지만 이제는 각처에 있는 모든 사람에게 회개하라고 명령하십니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Итак, оставляя в стороне времена невежества, Бог сейчас повелевает всем людям повсюду покаяться.
Восточный перевод - Было время, когда Всевышний принимал в расчёт людское невежество, но сейчас Он повелевает всем людям повсюду покаяться.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Было время, когда Аллах принимал в расчёт людское невежество, но сейчас Он повелевает всем людям повсюду покаяться.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Было время, когда Всевышний принимал в расчёт людское невежество, но сейчас Он повелевает всем людям повсюду покаяться.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Or Dieu ne tient plus compte des temps où les hommes ne le connaissaient pas. Aujourd’hui, il leur annonce à tous, et partout, qu’ils doivent changer.
リビングバイブル - 今まで、神様はこうした無知を見過ごしてこられました。しかし今は、すべての人に、偶像を捨てて神に立ち返るようにと命じておられるのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ θεός, τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πάντας πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ Θεὸς, τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πάντας πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν,
Nova Versão Internacional - No passado Deus não levou em conta essa ignorância, mas agora ordena que todos, em todo lugar, se arrependam.
Hoffnung für alle - Bisher haben die Menschen das nicht erkannt, und Gott hatte Geduld mit ihnen. Aber jetzt befiehlt er allen Menschen auf der ganzen Welt, zu ihm umzukehren.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trước kia loài người không biết Đức Chúa Trời, Ngài đã rộng lòng tha thứ, nhưng bây giờ Chúa truyền cho mọi người khắp thế giới phải ăn năn thờ phượng Ngài.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในอดีตพระเจ้าทรงมองข้ามความเขลาเช่นนั้น แต่บัดนี้ทรงบัญชามนุษย์ทั้งปวงทั่วทุกแห่งให้กลับใจใหม่
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในสมัยก่อน พระเจ้ามองข้ามความไร้เดียงสาเช่นนั้นของมนุษย์ แต่มาบัดนี้พระองค์ออกคำสั่งให้คนทั่วทุกแห่งหนกลับใจ

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets.
Romans 1:28 - Since they didn’t bother to acknowledge God, God quit bothering them and let them run loose. And then all hell broke loose: rampant evil, grabbing and grasping, vicious backstabbing. They made life hell on earth with their envy, wanton killing, bickering, and cheating. Look at them: mean-spirited, venomous, fork-tongued God-bashers. Bullies, swaggerers, insufferable windbags! They keep inventing new ways of wrecking lives. They ditch their parents when they get in the way. Stupid, slimy, cruel, cold-blooded. And it’s not as if they don’t know better. They know perfectly well they’re spitting in God’s face. And they don’t care—worse, they hand out prizes to those who do the worst things best!
Acts 3:19 - “Now it’s time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you, and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus. For the time being he must remain out of sight in heaven until everything is restored to order again just the way God, through the preaching of his holy prophets of old, said it would be. Moses, for instance, said, ‘Your God will raise up for you a prophet just like me from your family. Listen to every word he speaks to you. Every last living soul who refuses to listen to that prophet will be wiped out from the people.’
Ephesians 5:6 - Don’t let yourselves get taken in by religious smooth talk. God gets furious with people who are full of religious sales talk but want nothing to do with him. Don’t even hang around people like that.
Ephesians 5:8 - You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You’re out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true—these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.
Mark 6:12 - Then they were on the road. They preached with joyful urgency that life can be radically different; right and left they sent the demons packing; they brought wellness to the sick, anointing their bodies, healing their spirits.
Acts 11:18 - Hearing it all laid out like that, they quieted down. And then, as it sank in, they started praising God. “It’s really happened! God has broken through to the other nations, opened them up to Life!”
1 Peter 4:3 - You’ve already put in your time in that God-ignorant way of life, partying night after night, a drunken and profligate life. Now it’s time to be done with it for good. Of course, your old friends don’t understand why you don’t join in with the old gang anymore. But you don’t have to give an account to them. They’re the ones who will be called on the carpet—and before God himself.
Ephesians 4:17 - And so I insist—and God backs me up on this—that there be no going along with the crowd, the empty-headed, mindless crowd. They’ve refused for so long to deal with God that they’ve lost touch not only with God but with reality itself. They can’t think straight anymore. Feeling no pain, they let themselves go in sexual obsession, addicted to every sort of perversion.
Ephesians 4:20 - But that’s no life for you. You learned Christ! My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus. Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean everything—connected with that old way of life has to go. It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it! And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you.
Ephesians 4:25 - What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself.
Ephesians 4:26 - Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry—but don’t use your anger as fuel for revenge. And don’t stay angry. Don’t go to bed angry. Don’t give the Devil that kind of foothold in your life.
Ephesians 4:28 - Did you use to make ends meet by stealing? Well, no more! Get an honest job so that you can help others who can’t work.
Ephesians 4:29 - Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.
Ephesians 4:30 - Don’t grieve God. Don’t break his heart. His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself. Don’t take such a gift for granted.
Ephesians 4:31 - Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.
Acts 26:17 - “‘I’m sending you off to open the eyes of the outsiders so they can see the difference between dark and light, and choose light, see the difference between Satan and God, and choose God. I’m sending you off to present my offer of sins forgiven, and a place in the family, inviting them into the company of those who begin real living by believing in me.’
Acts 26:19 - “What could I do, King Agrippa? I couldn’t just walk away from a vision like that! I became an obedient believer on the spot. I started preaching this life-change—this radical turn to God and everything it meant in everyday life—right there in Damascus, went on to Jerusalem and the surrounding countryside, and from there to the whole world.
Romans 3:25 - God sacrificed Jesus on the altar of the world to clear that world of sin. Having faith in him sets us in the clear. God decided on this course of action in full view of the public—to set the world in the clear with himself through the sacrifice of Jesus, finally taking care of the sins he had so patiently endured. This is not only clear, but it’s now—this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness.
Titus 2:11 - God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.
Acts 14:16 - “In the generations before us, God let all the different nations go their own way. But even then he didn’t leave them without a clue, for he made a good creation, poured down rain and gave bumper crops. When your bellies were full and your hearts happy, there was evidence of good beyond your doing.” Talking fast and hard like this, they prevented them from carrying out the sacrifice that would have honored them as gods—but just barely.