And they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, What a word this is. For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream. And he who has My Word, let him speak My Word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says Jehovah.

Is not My Word like a fire? says Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at His doctrine,

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

And they were astonished at His doctrine, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh does not profit; not a thing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

And my speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of human wisdom, but in proof of the Spirit and of power,

that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

But if everyone prophesies, and an unbeliever or an unlearned person comes in, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all.

And thus the secrets of his heart become revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will do homage to God and proclaim that God is truly among you.

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the Word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience before God.

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

casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity unto 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, as you know of what sort 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 active, 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 intents of the heart.

And there is no creature that is not revealed in His presence, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must give answer.