⁸ Then Peter, ^(A)filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,

¹⁰ But ^(A)they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.

⁹ But Saul, who was also called Paul, ^(A)filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, ^(A)I worked harder than any of them, ^(B)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

³ since you seek proof that Christ ^(A)is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but ^(B)is powerful among you.

¹³ And ^(A)we also thank God constantly^[a] for this, that when you received ^(B)the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it ^(C)not as the word of men^[b] but as what it really is, the word of God, ^(D)which is at work in you believers.

The Supremacy of God's Son

1 Long ago, at many times and ^(A)in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,