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“Sorch Fi [Gad] An Chrai Fi Fain Im”“Elp Dem Andastan Di Mesij Bout Gad Kindom”
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13. Wa Paal did tel dem bout di ort, di animal, an di chrii an dem ting de, an wa im did waahn dem fi si se?
13 God created the universe. Said Paul: “The God who made the world and all the things in it, being, as he is, Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade temples.”d (Acts 17:24) The universe did not come about by accident. The true God is the Creator of all things. (Ps. 146:6) Unlike Athena or the other deities whose glory depended on temples, shrines, and altars, the Sovereign Lord of heaven and earth cannot be contained in temples built by human hands. (1 Ki. 8:27) The implication of Paul’s words was clear: The true God is grander than any man-made idols found in man-made temples.—Isa. 40:18-26.
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“Sorch Fi [Gad] An Chrai Fi Fain Im”“Elp Dem Andastan Di Mesij Bout Gad Kindom”
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d The Greek word rendered “world” is koʹsmos, which the Greeks applied to the material universe. It is possible that Paul, who was trying to maintain common ground with his Grecian audience, here used the term in that sense.
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