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Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and device of man.
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The Flaw in Idolatry's Logic
Paul makes a powerful logical argument that even the Athenians could grasp. Commentators explain that if we, as humans, are the "offspring of God"—living, intelligent, and spiritual—it is absurd to think that God Himself could be like a lifeless block of gold, silver, or stone. Since we are greater than the idols we craft, our Creator must be infinitely greater still.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Forasmuch then. Admitting or assuming this to be true. The argument which follows is drawn from the concessions of their own writers.
We ought not to think (ουκ οφειλομεν νομιζειν). It is a logical conclusion (ουν, therefore) from the very language of Aratus and C…
19th Century
Anglican
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God.—One consequence from the thought of sonship is immediately emphasized. If we are God’s offs…
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The climax of the address focuses on the progressive unfolding of redemption and the apex of that redemption in Jesus Christ. Since we are God’s “o…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore seeing that. He concludes that God cannot be represented or portrayed by any carved image, since He wills His image to exist in …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God In the sense before given; for the apostle is not here speaking of him…
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