For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”

Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?

You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it.”

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They replied, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him).

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.