Bible Cross References
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Acts 6:6
The group presented them to the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.
Acts 8:17-19
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Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Simon saw that the Spirit had been given to the believers when the apostles placed their hands on them. So he offered money to Peter and John,
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and said, "Give this power to me too, so that anyone I place my hands on will receive the Holy Spirit."
Acts 9:17
So Ananias went, entered the house where Saul was, and placed his hands on him. "Brother Saul," he said, "the Lord has sent me---Jesus himself, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here. He sent me so that you might see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
1 Timothy 5:22
Be in no hurry to lay hands on people to dedicate them to the Lord's service. Take no part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I remind you to keep alive the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you.
the Holy Ghost
Acts 2:4
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to talk in other languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.
Acts 10:45
The Jewish believers who had come from Joppa with Peter were amazed that God had poured out his gift of the Holy Spirit on the Gentiles also.
Acts 10:46
For they heard them speaking in strange tongues and praising God's greatness. Peter spoke up:
Acts 13:2
While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to do the work to which I have called them."
1 Corinthians 12:8-11
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The Spirit gives one person a message full of wisdom, while to another person the same Spirit gives a message full of knowledge.
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One and the same Spirit gives faith to one person, while to another person he gives the power to heal.
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The Spirit gives one person the power to work miracles; to another, the gift of speaking God's message; and to yet another, the ability to tell the difference between gifts that come from the Spirit and those that do not. To one person he gives the ability to speak in strange tongues, and to another he gives the ability to explain what is said.
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But it is one and the same Spirit who does all this; as he wishes, he gives a different gift to each person.
1 Corinthians 12:28-30
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In the church God has put all in place: in the first place apostles, in the second place prophets, and in the third place teachers; then those who perform miracles, followed by those who are given the power to heal or to help others or to direct them or to speak in strange tongues.
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They are not all apostles or prophets or teachers. Not everyone has the power to work miracles
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or to heal diseases or to speak in strange tongues or to explain what is said.
and prophesied
1 Corinthians 14:1-25
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It is love, then, that you should strive for. Set your hearts on spiritual gifts, especially the gift of proclaiming God's message.
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Those who speak in strange tongues do not speak to others but to God, because no one understands them. They are speaking secret truths by the power of the Spirit.
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But those who proclaim God's message speak to people and give them help, encouragement, and comfort.
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Those who speak in strange tongues help only themselves, but those who proclaim God's message help the whole church.
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I would like for all of you to speak in strange tongues; but I would rather that you had the gift of proclaiming God's message. For the person who proclaims God's message is of greater value than the one who speaks in strange tongues---unless there is someone present who can explain what is said, so that the whole church may be helped.
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So when I come to you, my friends, what use will I be to you if I speak in strange tongues? Not a bit, unless I bring you some revelation from God or some knowledge or some inspired message or some teaching.
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Take such lifeless musical instruments as the flute or the harp---how will anyone know the tune that is being played unless the notes are sounded distinctly?
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And if the one who plays the bugle does not sound a clear call, who will prepare for battle?
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In the same way, how will anyone understand what you are talking about if your message given in strange tongues is not clear? Your words will vanish in the air!
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There are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
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But if I do not know the language being spoken, those who use it will be foreigners to me and I will be a foreigner to them.
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Since you are eager to have the gifts of the Spirit, you must try above everything else to make greater use of those which help to build up the church.
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The person who speaks in strange tongues, then, must pray for the gift to explain what is said.
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For if I pray in this way, my spirit prays indeed, but my mind has no part in it.
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What should I do, then? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray also with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will sing also with my mind.
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When you give thanks to God in spirit only, how can ordinary people taking part in the meeting say "Amen" to your prayer of thanksgiving? They have no way of knowing what you are saying.
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Even if your prayer of thanks to God is quite good, other people are not helped at all.
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I thank God that I speak in strange tongues much more than any of you.
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But in church worship I would rather speak five words that can be understood, in order to teach others, than speak thousands of words in strange tongues.
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Do not be like children in your thinking, my friends; be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown up in your thinking.
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In the Scriptures it is written, "By means of people speaking strange languages I will speak to my people, says the Lord. I will speak through lips of foreigners, but even then my people will not listen to me."
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So then, the gift of speaking in strange tongues is proof for unbelievers, not for believers, while the gift of proclaiming God's message is proof for believers, not for unbelievers.
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If, then, the whole church meets together and everyone starts speaking in strange tongues---and if some ordinary people or unbelievers come in, won't they say that you are all crazy?
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But if everyone is proclaiming God's message when some unbelievers or ordinary people come in, they will be convinced of their sin by what they hear. They will be judged by all they hear,
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their secret thoughts will be brought into the open, and they will bow down and worship God, confessing, "Truly God is here among you!"