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The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.

Acts 17:24 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીપ્રેરિતોનાં કૃત્યો ૧૭:૨૪
જે ઈશ્વરે જગત તથા તેમાંનું સઘળું ઉત્પન્ન કર્યું, તે આકાશ તથા પૃથ્વીના પ્રભુ હોવાથી હાથે બાંધેલા મંદિરોમાં રહેતાં નથી.
हिन्दीप्रेरितों के काम १७:२४
जिस परमेश्वर ने पृथ्वी और उसकी सब वस्तुओं को बनाया, वह स्वर्ग और पृथ्वी का स्वामी होकर हाथ के बनाए हुए मन्दिरों में नहीं रहता। (1 राजा. 8:27, 2 इति. 6:18, भज. 146:6)

In context

22Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.

23For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.

24The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.

25He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.

26He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings,

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