then you will have made false distinctions among yourselves and will have judged from evil motives, will you not?

When you hold a hearing, don't be partial in judgment toward the least important or toward the great. Never fear men, because judgment belongs to God. If the matter is difficult for you, bring it to me for a hearing.'

Show mercy to those who have doubts.

For this reason I want you to be aware that no one who is speaking by God's Spirit can say, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitating. These six brothers went with me, too, and we entered the house of the man from Caesarea.

You know that when you were unbelievers, you were enticed and led astray to worship idols that couldn't even speak.

He made no distinction between them and us, because of their faith-cleansed hearts.

to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit;

Then Peter began to speak: "Now I understand that God shows no partiality.

Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?

If you give special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, "Please take this seat," but you say to the poor man, "Stand over there" or "Sit on the floor at my feet,"

In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.

But the person who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not act in faith; and anything that is not done in faith is sin.

Shake yourself from the dust and arise, and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem! Loosen the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Stop judging by appearances, but judge with righteous judgment!"

The Father judges no one, but has given all authority to judge to the Son,

The spiritual person evaluates everything but is subject to no one else's evaluation.

For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but it was revealed to me by Jesus the Messiah.

to another miraculous results; to another prophecy; to another the ability to distinguish between spirits; to another various kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

But if we judged ourselves correctly, we would not be judged.

Do not be conformed to this world, but continuously be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God's will is what is proper, pleasing, and perfect.

But what does the Scripture say? "Drive out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman must never share the inheritance with the son of the free woman."

Miriam and Aaron rebelled against Moses on account of the Cushite woman that he had married.

There is no difference between Jew and Greek, because they all have the same Lord, who gives richly to all who call on him.

and know his will, and approve of what is best because you have been instructed in the Law;

Although he had performed numerous signs in their presence, they did not believe in him,

All the believers were united and shared everything with one another.

Elihu continued speaking, and said:

"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whoever hears what I say and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged, but has passed from death to life.

But he told them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

At that time, two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.

They made it their practice to sell their possessions and goods and to distribute the proceeds to anyone who was in need.

making your ear attentive to wisdom, and turning your heart to understanding

I'm the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,