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Acts 14:15

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And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

And {G2532} saying {G3004}, Sirs {G435}, why {G5101} do ye {G4160} these things {G5130}? We {G2249} also {G2532} are {G2070} men {G444} of like passions {G3663} with you {G5213}, and preach {G2097} unto you {G5209} that ye should turn {G1994} from {G575} these {G5023} vanities {G3152} unto {G1909} the living {G2198} God {G2316}, which {G3739} made {G4160} heaven {G3772}, and {G2532} earth {G1093}, and {G2532} the sea {G2281}, and {G2532} all things {G3956} that are therein {G1722}{G846}:

“Men! Why are you doing this? We’re just men, human like you! We are announcing Good News to you — turn from these worthless things to the living God who made heaven and earth and the sea and everything in them!

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

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Cross-References

  • Acts 10:26 (8 votes)

    But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4 (8 votes)

    ¶ As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.

  • James 5:17 (8 votes)

    Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

  • 1 Samuel 12:21 (7 votes)

    And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.

  • Revelation 14:7 (5 votes)

    Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

  • Genesis 1:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

  • Psalms 146:5 (5 votes)

    ¶ Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God: