And amazement came upon all, and they spoke among themselves, saying, "What [is] this word! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out."

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and [he] in whom is My word [spoken] to him, let him tell My word truly. What is the chaff to the wheat? So are My words, says the Lord.

Behold, are not My words as fire? Says the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock?

And so it was, when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

for He taught them as one having authority, and not like the scribes.

And they were astonished at His doctrine, for He was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

It is the Spirit who makes alive; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

And my message and my preaching [were] not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

in order that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an unlearned person comes in, he is reproved by all, he is discerned by all.

And so the secrets of his heart become clear; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God, reporting that God is truly among you!

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor falsifying the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience before God.

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty by God to the pulling down of strongholds,

casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ,

For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, just as you know what kind [of men] we were among you for your sake.

Speak these things, exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

For the word of God is living and effectual, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

And there is no creature hidden before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes, to whom we must give an account.