My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them.