Acts 17:23-25
What is written? (ESV)
For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
What does it say?
(Paul) observed their objects of worship, including an altar to an unknown god, and proclaimed the One they worshiped without knowing. However, there is a God (the one, true God) that made everything and has dominion over it. He does not dwell in man-made temples or need service from human hands; He gives everyone life, breath, and everything.
What is its immediate context?
Paul’s sermon to the Greeks on Mars Hill in Athens.
How Acts 17:23-25 is applied across Bible answers
Who do we worship when gathered together?
God is emphasized as the only true object of worship and underscores why He is worthy of it - He is the sovereign creator of all.
