24 He is the God who made the whole world and everything in it. He is the Lord of the land and the sky. He does not live in temples that men build!
25 This God is the One who gives life, breath, and everything else to people. He does not need any help from them. He has everything he needs.
26 God began by making one man. From him came all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they must live.
27 God wanted them to look for him and perhaps search all around for him and find him. But he is not far from any of us:
28 ‘By his power we live and move and exist.’ Some of your own poets have said: ‘For we are his children.’
29 We are God’s children. So, you must not think that God is like something that people imagine or make. He is not like gold, silver, or rock.
30 In the past, people did not understand God, but God ignored this. But now, God tells everyone in the world to change his heart and life.