Acts 17:31
“Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.”
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
So Paul departed from among them.
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.”
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”
“For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:”
“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:”