Quotes About Communication

When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,

My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.

You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

But when the son of Paulís sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”

And he wrote the following letter:

Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.

The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

In every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.

But in order not to burden you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.

I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.

The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.

ëGo to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

My brothers, some from Chloeís household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.