²⁹ The Spirit told Philip, “Go and join that chariot.”^(A)

¹⁹ While Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit told him, “Three men are here looking for you.^(A)

¹² The Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we went into the man’s house.^(A)

² As they were worshiping^[a] the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”^(A)

¹¹ He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him over to the Gentiles.’”^(A)

²⁵ Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement:^[a] “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your^[b] ancestors through the prophet Isaiah

Demonic Influence

4 Now the Spirit^(A) explicitly says that in later times^(B) some will depart from the faith,^(C) paying attention to deceitful spirits^(D) and the teachings of demons,^(E)

Warning against Unbelief

⁷ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

¹⁵ The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. For after he says:

¹³ Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”^(A)

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they will rest from their labors, since their works follow them.”