1 Corinthians 2:13 Display Chapter and Footnotes   13 Which things we speak, not in the words, which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit instructs;4 combining spiritual truths with spiritual words. [Regarding speaking words from the Holy Spirit: Jesus said: "whatever I speak is just as the Father has told me to speak. He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him, that man is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him." John 12:50,7:18.] | 1 Peter 4:11 Display Chapter and Footnotes   11 If any man speaks, [let it be] as God's oracles [words]; if any man ministers,[ let him do it] with the strength that God gives,3 so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and power forever and ever. Amen. [Oracle — a message from the gods given by an oracle. From the Word of the Lord within: "A word spoken from the Spirit requires you to hear what the Spirit says to you. All and only words from Him are to be spoken." Jesus said: "whatever I speak is just as the Father has told me to speak. He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him, that man is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him." John 12:50,7:18.] | 2 Samuel 21:17 Display Chapter and Footnotes   17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to the of aid David, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall go no longer out with us to battle, so that you do not quench the light of Israel."1 | Luke 12:11-12 Display Chapter and Footnotes   11 And when they bring you to before the synagogues and magistrates and powers, take no thought how or what you will answer or what you should say; 12 For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what to say."2 |