Acts 8:15-19
15who came down and prayed for them athat they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16for bhe had not yet cfallen on any of them, but dthey had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17Then ethey laid their hands on them and fthey received the Holy Spirit. 18Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 19saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”Acts 19:6
6And gwhen Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and hthey began speaking in tongues and iprophesying.Romans 15:29
29I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing ▼▼Some manuscripts insert of the gospel
of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Spiritual Gifts
1Now kconcerning ▼▼The expression Now concerning introduces a reply to a question in the Corinthians’ letter; see 7:1
spiritual gifts, ▼▼Or spiritual persons
brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters
I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that owhen you were pagans pyou were led astray to qmute idols, however you were led. 3Therefore I want you to understand that rno one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is saccursed!” and tno one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. 4Now uthere are varieties of gifts, but vthe same Spirit; 5and wthere are varieties of service, but xthe same Lord; 6and there are varieties of activities, but it is ythe same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 zTo each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of aawisdom, and to another the utterance of abknowledge according to the same Spirit, 9to another acfaith by the same Spirit, to another adgifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10to another aethe working of miracles, to another afprophecy, to another agthe ability to distinguish between spirits, to another ahvarious kinds of tongues, to another aithe interpretation of tongues. 11All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, ajwho apportions to each one individually akas he wills.
2 Corinthians 11:4
4For if someone comes and alproclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept ama different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.Galatians 3:2-5
2Let me ask you only this: anDid you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by aohearing with faith? 3Are you so foolish? apHaving begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by ▼▼Or now ending with
the flesh? 4 arDid you suffer ▼▼Or experience
so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and atworks miracles among you do so auby works of the law, or by hearing with faith— Ephesians 4:8-12
8Therefore it says,av“When he ascended on high awhe led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.” ▼
▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
9( ayIn saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into azthe lower regions, the earth? ▼
▼Or the lower parts of the earth?
10He who descended is the one who also bbascended bcfar above all the heavens, that he might bdfill all things.) 11And behe gave the bfapostles, the prophets, the bgevangelists, the bhshepherds ▼▼Or pastors
and teachers, ▼▼Or the shepherd-teachers
12 bkto equip the saints for the work of ministry, for blbuilding up bmthe body of Christ,
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