Acts 14:15-16

Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

¹⁵ "Men, _u why are you doing these things? We also are men, _v of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that _w you should turn from these _x vain things to _y a living God, _z who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. ¹⁶ In past generations he _a allowed all the nations _b to walk in their own ways.

1. Cross References
   Acts 10:26
   But Peter lifted him up, saying, "Stand up; I too am a man.
   
2. Cross References
   James 5:17
   Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
   
3. Cross References
   Acts 15:19
   Therefore my judgment is that we should not tro...
   Acts 26:18
   To open their eyes, so that they may turn from ...
   Acts 26:20
   But declared first to those in Damascus, then i...
   Luke 1:16
   And he will turn many of the children of Israel...
   1 Thessalonians 1:9
   For they themselves report concerning us the ki...
   Acts 15:3
   So, being sent on their way by the church, they...
   James 5:19 - 20
   My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from t...
   Acts 9:35
   And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw h...
   
4. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 32:21
   They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
   1 Samuel 12:21
   And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.
   Jeremiah 14:22
   Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.
   1 Corinthians 8:4
   Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
   
5. Cross References
   Matthew 16:16
   Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
   
6. Cross References
   Acts 17:24
   The God who made the world and everything in it...
   Genesis 1:1
   In the beginning, God created the heavens and t...
   Exodus 20:11
   For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,...
   Psalms 146:6
   Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all tha...
   Revelation 4:11
   "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive g...
   Revelation 10:6
   And swore by him who lives forever and ever, wh...
   Revelation 14:7
   And he said with a loud voice, "Fear God and gi...
   
7. Cross References
   Acts 17:30
   The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
   1 Peter 4:3
   For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
   
8. Cross References
   Psalms 81:13
   Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
   Micah 4:5
   For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.