Acts 17:16-24

¹⁶Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.

¹⁷So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.

¹⁸And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

¹⁹And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

²⁰For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

²¹(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

²²And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.

²³For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.

²⁴The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;