Did Paul perform miracles in Acts but stop doing them later in his ministry?
Yes. In Acts Paul performed miracles, but in his later letters there is no word of such miracles, and he no longer performs them himself. He could not heal a sick fellow laborer or Timothy’s stomach ailment; instead he told believers to pray, as we do today.
Les teaches that the early church did have gifts of healing by the same Spirit, and he maintains Paul himself probably exercised those gifts—in fact, we know he did. In Acts Paul performed miracles. But by the time you get to his later letters, there is not a bit or a word about these kinds of miracles. He does not perform them himself and cannot heal the sick. A fellow laborer was sick on the island of Miletus, near death, and Paul could not heal him; instead he told believers to pray, the same way we do today. Timothy had a stomach ailment, and Paul did not heal him—he gave a remedy but no healing. Likewise, in Paul’s own catastrophes, the Lord brought him through, but there was no sign of miraculous healing. Les also notes these particular gifts are dealt with only in the letter to that carnal church, the only place he addresses them.