⁶ Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.

⁴³ And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.

¹⁷ If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.

⁶ But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

¹³ And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

¹⁴ Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.

¹⁴ But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?

¹⁵ And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

¹⁶ But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

¹⁷ So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

⁸ For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.

⁹ (Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?

¹⁰ He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.)

¹¹ And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;

¹² For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: