¹⁵ and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also ^(A)men of the same nature as you, ^(B)proclaiming the gospel to you that you should turn from these ^[a](C)vain things to a ^(D)living God, ^(E)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

¹⁹ What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or ^(A)that an idol is anything?

⁸ However at that time, ^(A)when you did not know God, you were ^(B)slaves to ^(C)those which by nature are no gods.