19. They brought Paul before a council called the Areopagus, and said, “Tell us what your new teaching is all about.
20. We have heard you say some strange things, and we want to know what you mean.”
21. More than anything else the people of Athens and the foreigners living there loved to hear and to talk about anything new.
22. So Paul stood up in front of the council and said:People of Athens, I see that you are very religious.
23. As I was going through your city and looking at the things you worship, I found an altar with the words, “To an Unknown God.” You worship this God, but you don't really know him. So I want to tell you about him.
24. This God made the world and everything in it. He is Lord of heaven and earth, and he doesn't live in temples built by human hands.
25. He doesn't need help from anyone. He gives life, breath, and everything else to all people.
26. From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be.
27. God has done all this, so that we will look for him and reach out and find him. He isn't far from any of us,