Catholic Public Domain Version
"And indeed, God, having looked down to see the ignorance of these times, has now announced to men that everyone everywhere should do penance. "
— Acts 17:30, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:”
“The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent: ”
“The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,”
“Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,”
“And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance.”
“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:”
“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:”
so as to seek God, if perhaps they may consider him or find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
‘For in him we live, and move, and exist.’ Just as some of your own poets have said. ‘For we are also of his family.’
Therefore, since we are of the family of God, we must not consider gold or silver or precious stones, or the engravings of art and of the imagination of man, to be a representation of what is Divine.
And indeed, God, having looked down to see the ignorance of these times, has now announced to men that everyone everywhere should do penance.
For he has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in equity, through the man whom he has appointed, offering faith to all, by raising him from the dead.”
And when they had heard about the Resurrection of the dead, indeed, some were derisive, while others said, “We will listen to you about this again.”
So Paul departed from their midst.