Acts 17:30 “Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now command…”

Acts 17:30

Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

World English Bible

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

American Standard Version

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

Geneva Bible 1599

And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but nowe hee admonisheth all men euery where to repent,

Darby Translation

God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,

Young's Literal Translation

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

Bible in Basic English

Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:

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Cross references

“the times”

Acts 14:16 Romans 3:25 Romans 1:28 Psalm 50:21 Romans 3:23

Acts 14:16 · BSB

In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.

Romans 3:25 · BSB

God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

Romans 1:28 · BSB

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Psalm 50:21 · BSB

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Romans 3:23 · BSB

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

“but”

Luke 24:47 Acts 26:17–20 Ephesians 4:17–32 1 Peter 4:3 Acts 3:19 Luke 13:5

Luke 24:47 · BSB

and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

Acts 26:17–20 · BSB

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

Ephesians 4:17–32 · BSB

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

1 Peter 4:3 · BSB

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

Acts 3:19 · BSB

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Luke 13:5 · BSB

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

Also

Acts 17:23 Mark 1:15

Acts 17:23 · BSB

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

Mark 1:15 · BSB

“The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

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