After all the nation finished crossing the Jordan, Yahweh said to Joshua,

After all the nation finished crossing the Jordan, Yahweh said to Joshua, "Take twelve men from the people, {one man from each tribe}, read more. and command them, saying, 'Take for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests' feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you, and set them up in {the place where you will camp tonight}.'" So Joshua summoned the twelve men whom he had appointed from the {Israelites}, one from each tribe. And Joshua said to them, "Cross [over] before the ark of Yahweh your God to the middle of the Jordan, and each one of you lift up a stone on your shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the {Israelites}, so that this may be a reminder among you. When your children ask in the future, saying, '{What do these stones mean to you}?' you will say to them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off {from before} the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones will be as a memorial for the {Israelites} for eternity." Thus the {Israelites} did as Joshua commanded. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan as Yahweh told Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the {Israelites}, and they carried them over with them to {the camp}, and they put them there.

"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves.

On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?'

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear, and will produce great signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will expel demons, they will speak in new tongues,

the one who believes in me. Just as the scripture said, 'Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.'"

Now a certain man {named} Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and he kept back for himself [some] of the proceeds, and [his] wife was aware of [it]. And he brought a certain part [and] placed [it] at the feet of the apostles. read more. But Peter said, "Ananias, for what [reason] has Satan filled your heart, [that] you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourself [some] of the proceeds of the piece of land? [When it] remained to you, did it not remain [yours]? And [when it] was sold, was it at your disposal? How [is it] that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people, but to God!" And [when] Ananias heard these words, he fell down [and] died. And great fear came on all those who heard about [it]. So the young men stood up, wrapped him up, and carried [him] out [and] buried [him]. And it happened that [there was] an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. And Peter said to her, "Tell me whether you [both] were paid this much [for] the piece of land." And she said, "Yes, this much." So Peter [said] to her, "How [is it] that it was agreed by you [two] to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband [are] at the door, and they will carry you out!" And immediately she fell down at his feet and died. So [when] the young men came in, they found her dead, and carried [her] out [and] buried [her] with her husband. And great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard about these [things].

But Saul (also called Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

And she was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed and turning around, said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out {immediately}.

so that even handkerchiefs or work aprons {that had touched his skin} were carried away to those who were sick, and [their] diseases left them and the evil spirits came out [of them].

For I desire to see you, in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to strengthen you,

For I desire to see you, in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to strengthen you,

For the compensation due sin [is] death, but the gift of God [is] eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person {does not belong to him}.

but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;

but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;

but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;

and my speech and my preaching [were] not with the persuasiveness of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and power,

I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.

You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the speechless idols, however you were led.

For to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit,

to another {miraculous powers}, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing of spirits, to another kinds of tongues, to another interpretation of tongues.

I give thanks to God [that] I speak with tongues more than all of you,

But let all [things] be [done] decently and according to proper procedure.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Now to each one of us was given this grace, according to the measure of Christ's gift.

And he himself gave some [as] apostles and some [as] prophets and some [as] evangelists and some [as] pastors and teachers

Do not neglect the gift [that is] in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

If anyone is blameless, [the] husband of one wife, having faithful children, not {accused of dissipation} or rebellious.

[while] God was testifying at the same time by signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will.

Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

And he performs great signs, so that he even causes fire from heaven to come down to the earth before people. And he deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that it has been granted to him to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who has the wound of the sword and [yet] lived.