21 for never did any prophecy come by human will, but men sent by God spoke as they were impelled by the Holy Spirit.

5 On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus;6 and when Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

22 All this took place in fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken through the Prophet,23 »Mark! The maiden will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call His name Immanuel« –a word which signifies God with us'.

21 But now a righteousness coming from God has been brought to light apart from any Law, both Law and Prophets bearing witness to it–22 a righteousness coming from God, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ and extends to all who believe. No distinction is made;

1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but put the spirits to the test to see whether they are from God; for many false teachers have gone out into the world.

4 As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

21 but test all such, and retain hold of the good.22 Hold yourselves aloof from every form of evil.

15 »Beware of the false teachers–men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.«

12 Everything, therefore, be it what it may, that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for in this the Law and the Prophets are summed up.

2 If I possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries and all knowledge, and have such absolute faith that I can remove mountains, but am destitute of Love, I am nothing.

19 You are therefore no longer mere foreigners or persons excluded from civil rights. On the contrary you share citizenship with God's people and are members of His family.20 You are a building which has been reared on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, the cornerstone being Christ Jesus Himself,