Beware of false prophets; they come to you with the garb of sheep but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

Many will say to me at that Day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? did we not cast out daemons in your name? did we not perform many miracles in your name?'

for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, ??if that were possible.

And for those who believe, these miracles will follow: they will cast out daemons in my name, they will talk in foreign tongues,

he who believes in me ??out of his body, as scripture says, streams of living water will flow"

But a man called Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira had sold some property, appropriated some of the purchase-money with the connivance of his wife; he only brought part of it to lay before the feet of the apostles. read more. "Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan filled your heart and made you cheat the holy Spirit by appropriating some of the money paid for the land? When it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And even after the sale, was the money not yours to do as you pleased about it? How could you think of doing a thing like this? You have not defrauded men but God." When Ananias heard this, he fell down and expired. (Great awe came over all who heard of it.) And the younger men rose, wrapped the body up and carried it away to be buried. After an interval of about three hours his wife happened to come in, quite unconscious of what had occurred. "Tell me," said Peter, "did you only sell the land for such and such a sum?" "Yes," she said, "that was all we sold it for." Peter said to her, "How could you arrange to put the Lord's Spirit to the proof? Listen, there are the footsteps of the men who have buried your husband! They are at the door, and they will carry you out as well." Instantly she fell down at their feet and expired. The younger men came in to find her dead; they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. Great awe came over the whole church and over all who heard about this.

So Saul (who is also called Paul), filled with the holy Spirit, looked steadily at him

She did this for a number of days. Then Paul turned in annoyance and told the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you out of her!" And it left her that very moment.

people even carried away towels or aprons he had used, and at their touch sick folk were freed from their diseases and evil spirits came out of them.

For I do yearn to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift for your strengthening ??12 or, in other words, that I may be encouraged by meeting you, I by your faith and you by mine.

For I do yearn to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift for your strengthening ??12 or, in other words, that I may be encouraged by meeting you, I by your faith and you by mine.

Sin's wage is death, but God's gift is life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells within you. Anyone who does not possess the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him.

Our talents differ with the grace that is given us; if the talent is that of prophecy, let us employ it in proportion to our faith;

Our talents differ with the grace that is given us; if the talent is that of prophecy, let us employ it in proportion to our faith;

Our talents differ with the grace that is given us; if the talent is that of prophecy, let us employ it in proportion to our faith;

what I said, what I preached, did not rest on the plausible arguments of 'wisdom' but on the proof supplied by the Spirit and its power,

I would like all men to be as I am. However, everyone is endowed by God in his own way; he has a gift for the one life or the other.

You know when you were pagans, how your impulses led you to dumb idols;

One man is granted words of wisdom by the Spirit, another words of knowledge by the same Spirit;

one has prophecy, another the gift of distinguishing spirits, another the gift of 'tongues' in their variety, another the gift of interpreting 'tongues.'

Thank God, I speak in 'tongues' more than any of you;

but let everything be done decorously and in order.

But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,

But each one of us is granted his own grace, as determined by the full measure of Christ's gift.

he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

You have a gift that came to you transmitted by the prophets, when the presbytery laid their hands upon you; do not neglect that gift.

men who are above reproach, only once married, with children who believe and who are not liable to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.

while God corroborated their testimony with signs and wonders and a variety of miraculous powers, distributing the holy Spirit as it pleased him.

You must serve one another, each with the talent he has received, as efficient stewards of God's varied grace.

You must serve one another, each with the talent he has received, as efficient stewards of God's varied grace.

He performs amazing miracles, even making fire descend from heaven on earth in the sight of men, and by dint of the miracles he is allowed to perform in presence of the Beast, he seduces the dwellers on earth; he bids the dwellers on earth erect a statue to the Beast who lived after being wounded by the sword,