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Acts 14:16

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

In the past, God let all the different nations just do their own thing and go their own way.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God used to let everyone figure it out for themselves.

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Then he told me, 'Those waters you saw, where that corrupt city sits? That's actually representing all kinds of people — crowds of them, entire nations, people who speak different languages.'

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