¹⁷ So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.

Listening and Doing

¹⁹ Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

¹⁴ And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.

² One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.”