Acts 17:24

American Standard Version

The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

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Acts 17:24 in other translations

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.

Acts 17:24 · World English Bible

Acts 17:24 in context

  1. 22And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very religious.
  2. 23For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.
  3. 24The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
  4. 25neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
  5. 26and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;