¹⁵ and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also ^(A)men, of the same nature as you, ^(B)preaching the gospel to you, to turn from these ^[a](C)useless things to a ^(D)living God, who ^(E)made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them. ^16 [b]In past generations He ^(F)permitted all the ^[c]nations to ^(G)go their own ways; ¹⁷ yet ^(H)He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and ^(I)gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, ^[d]satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”