“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them.
(just as it is written, “I have made yoʋ the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
They deliberately overlook the fact that by the word of God the heavens came into being long ago and the earth was formed out of water and through water.
“Yoʋ are worthy, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive glory, honor, and power, for yoʋ created all things, and by yoʋr will they came into existence and were created.”