Paul’s Address in the Areopagus
Acts 17:30
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
- KJV
- And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
- WEB
- The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
- ASV
- The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
- LSV
- therefore indeed God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to convert,
- YLT
- the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,
- DBY
- God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,Elohim
- DRC
- And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men, that all should every where do penance.
- GNV
- And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but nowe hee admonisheth all men euery where to repent,
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read παραγγέλλει (“He commands”); Westcott–Hort read ἀπαγγέλλει (“He announces”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πάντας (“all”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πᾶσιν (“to all”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: παραγγέλλει. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read παραγγέλλει; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἀπαγγέλλει.
- SBLGNT: πάντας. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πάντας; Robinson–Pierpont read πᾶσιν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ θεὸς τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πάντας πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν,
- RP2018
- Τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ θεός, τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πᾶσιν πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν·
- TR-Boyd
- Τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ Θεός, τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πᾶσι πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν·
- SCR1894
- τους μεν ουν χρονους της αγνοιας υπεριδων ο θεος τα νυν παραγγελλει τοις ανθρωποις πασιν πανταχου μετανοειν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 14:16In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
- Titus 2:11–12For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
- Luke 24:47and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
- Romans 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
- Ephesians 4:17–32So 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. They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because…
- Acts 26:17–20I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive…
- 1 Peter 4:3For 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.
- Luke 13:5No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
- Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- 1 Peter 1:14–15As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- Acts 11:18When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
- Ephesians 5:6–8Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in…
- Matthew 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Acts 20:21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 1:28Furthermore, 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.
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