Bible Cross References
Paul
Acts 14:14-18
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When Barnabas and Paul heard what they were about to do, they tore their clothes and ran into the middle of the crowd, shouting,
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"Why are you doing this? We ourselves are only human beings like you! We are here to announce the Good News, to turn you away from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them.
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In the past he allowed all people to go their own way.
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But he has always given evidence of his existence by the good things he does: he gives you rain from heaven and crops at the right times; he gives you food and fills your hearts with happiness."
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Even with these words the apostles could hardly keep the crowd from offering a sacrifice to them.
Acts 17:22-31
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Paul stood up in front of the city council and said, "I see that in every way you Athenians are very religious.
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For as I walked through your city and looked at the places where you worship, I found an altar on which is written, 'To an Unknown God.' That which you worship, then, even though you do not know it, is what I now proclaim to you.
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God, who made the world and everything in it, is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
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Nor does he need anything that we can supply by working for him, since it is he himself who gives life and breath and everything else to everyone.
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From one human being he created all races of people and made them live throughout the whole earth. He himself fixed beforehand the exact times and the limits of the places where they would live.
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He did this so that they would look for him, and perhaps find him as they felt around for him. Yet God is actually not far from any one of us;
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as someone has said, 'In him we live and move and exist.' It is as some of your poets have said, 'We too are his children.'
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Since we are God's children, we should not suppose that his nature is anything like an image of gold or silver or stone, shaped by human art and skill.
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God has overlooked the times when people did not know him, but now he commands all of them everywhere to turn away from their evil ways.
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For he has fixed a day in which he will judge the whole world with justice by means of a man he has chosen. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising that man from death!"
Acts 21:39
Paul answered, "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please let me speak to the people."
the disciples
2 Samuel 18:2
Then he sent them out in three groups, with Joab and Joab's brother Abishai and Ittai from Gath, each in command of a group. And the king said to his men, "I will go with you myself."
2 Samuel 18:3
"You mustn't go with us," they answered. "It won't make any difference to the enemy if the rest of us turn and run, or even if half of us are killed; but you are worth ten thousand of us. It will be better if you stay here in the city and send us help."
2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's help, attacked the giant, and killed him. Then David's men made David promise that he would never again go out with them to battle. "You are the hope of Israel, and we don't want to lose you," they said.