Reference: Holy Spirit
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The Christian doctrine of the Holy Spirit arises out of the experience of the Church, as it Interprets, and is itself interpreted by, the promise of the Comforter given by Jesus to His disciples (Joh 14; 15; 16). This appeal to experience follows the method adopted by St. Peter in his Pentecostal sermon (Ac 2:33). The teaching may briefly be stated as follows: The Holy Spirit is God; a Person within the Godhead; the Third Person, the knowledge of whom depends on the revelation of the Father and the Son, from both of whom He proceeds. He was in the world, and spoke by the prophets before the Word became flesh, and was Himself the agent in that creative act. Through Him the atonement was consummated. He is the life-giving presence within the universal Church, the Divine agent in its sacramental and authoritative acts; communicating Himself as a presence and power to the individual Christian; mediating to him forgiveness and new birth; nourishing, increasing, and purifying his whole personality; knitting him into the fellowship of saints; and finally, through the resurrection of the body, bringing him to the fulness of eternal life. The purpose of this article is to justify this teaching from Scripture.
1. The promise of Christ.
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But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all righteousness. Then he suffered him;
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.
for it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you.
for it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you.
for it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you.
But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
And Jesus said to them, On account of your unbelief. For I tell you truly, if you have a faith like a mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Be removed thence to that place, and it shall be removed; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
He said to them, How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
and going up immediately out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit descend like a dove upon him;
and going up immediately out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit descend like a dove upon him;
And having compassion on him, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, I will; be cleansed.
but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit shall never have forgiveness, but is the subject of an eternal mistake;
and besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death; come and lay hands on her, that she may be restored, and she shall live.
And he could not do any mighty work there, except that he laid hands on a few sick persons, and cured them.
And taking the hand of the blind man, he brought him out of the village, and spitting on his eyes, and putting his hands on him, he asked him, Do you see any thing?
And calling the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wishes to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.
And he took them in his arms, and laid his hands on them, and blessed them.
David himself said, by the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool.
And when they deliver you to afflictions, be not anxious beforehand what you shall say; but whatever is given you in that hour, this speak; for it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit.
And these signs shall follow those that believe; in my name they shall cast out demons, they shall speak with new tongues, they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly [poison] it shall not hurt them; and they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall be well.
as they delivered them to us who, from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word,
And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and on that account the holy child shall be called the Son of God.
And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and on that account the holy child shall be called the Son of God.
as he said by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old;
a light for enlightening Gentiles, and a glory of thy people Israel.
Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a change of mind. And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
And Jesus returned with the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and his fame went out into all the region around.
And Jesus returned with the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and his fame went out into all the region around.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the oppressed away free, to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him.
But if by a finger of God I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your enemies shall not be able to resist or dispute.
Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but remain in the city till you are endued with power from on high.
For we all have received of his fullness, and grace for grace;
And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptize with water, he said to me, On whom you see the Spirit descend and remain on him, this is he that baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel and know not these things?
I have come in my Father's name and you receive me not; if another comes in his own name, him will you receive.
This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers eat and died, he that eats this bread shall live forever.
Then many of his disciples hearing him said, This is a hard saying; who can hear him?
But he said this of the Spirit which those believing in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.
And the chief priests took counsel to kill Lazarus also,
There is now a judgment of this world; the ruler of this world shall now be cast out;
and he that beholds me beholds him that sent me.
In my Father's house are many mansions; if there were not I would have told you.
In my Father's house are many mansions; if there were not I would have told you. For I go to prepare a place for you; and if I go and shall prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, that where I am you may also be.
Thomas said to him, Lord, we know not where you go, and how do we know the way? Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me. read more. If you had known me you would have known my Father; and from this time you know him and have seen him. Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.
Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied. Jesus said to him, Have I been so long a time with you and have you not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you, Show us the Father?
Jesus said to him, Have I been so long a time with you and have you not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you, Show us the Father?
Jesus said to him, Have I been so long a time with you and have you not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you, Show us the Father?
I tell you most truly, he that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go to the Father;
and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, to be with you forever, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it beholds it not nor knows it; but you know it, because it continues with you, and shall be in you.
the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it beholds it not nor knows it; but you know it, because it continues with you, and shall be in you.
the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it beholds it not nor knows it; but you know it, because it continues with you, and shall be in you.
the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it beholds it not nor knows it; but you know it, because it continues with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world beholds me no more; but you shall behold me; because I live, you shall live also. read more. In that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.
He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. Judas said to him, not the Iscariot, Lord, and how is it that you are about to manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? read more. Jesus answered and said to him, If any one loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our mansion with him.
Jesus answered and said to him, If any one loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our mansion with him.
but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I have told you.
but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I have told you.
but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I have told you.
but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I have told you.
but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I have told you.
but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I have told you.
I will not speak with you much more; for the ruler of this world comes and has nothing in me;
continue in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it continues in the vine, so you cannot, unless you continue in me.
continue in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it continues in the vine, so you cannot, unless you continue in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He that continues in me and I in him, this man bears much fruit; for separated from me, you can do nothing. read more. If any one continues not in me he is cast without as a branch, and is withered; and they collect them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If you continue in me, and my words continue in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be [given] you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you; continue in my love. If you keep my commandments you shall continue in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and continue in his love. I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be completed.
I no longer call you servants, for the servant knows not what his Lord does; but I have called you friends: for all things which I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;
But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;
But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;
But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;
But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;
But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;
But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;
But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;
But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me; and you shall also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
and you shall also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
But I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I should go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you.
But I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I should go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you. And when he has come, he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
And when he has come, he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me; read more. and of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you behold me no more; and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. I have many things yet to say to you, but you cannot bear them now; but when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will lead you in all the truth; for he will not speak of himself, but he will speak whatever he shall hear, and tell you things to come.
but when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will lead you in all the truth; for he will not speak of himself, but he will speak whatever he shall hear, and tell you things to come.
but when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will lead you in all the truth; for he will not speak of himself, but he will speak whatever he shall hear, and tell you things to come.
but when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will lead you in all the truth; for he will not speak of himself, but he will speak whatever he shall hear, and tell you things to come.
but when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will lead you in all the truth; for he will not speak of himself, but he will speak whatever he shall hear, and tell you things to come. He shall glorify me, because he shall receive from me and tell you.
He shall glorify me, because he shall receive from me and tell you.
He shall glorify me, because he shall receive from me and tell you.
He shall glorify me, because he shall receive from me and tell you.
He shall glorify me, because he shall receive from me and tell you. All things that the Father has, are mine; on this account I said, He shall receive of me and tell you.
All things that the Father has, are mine; on this account I said, He shall receive of me and tell you.
All things that the Father has, are mine; on this account I said, He shall receive of me and tell you. A little while and you shall not see me; and again a little while and you shall see me. read more. Then some of his disciples said one to another, What is this that he says to us, A little while and you shall not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me? and, Because I go to the Father? They said therefore, What is this that he says, The little while? We do not know what he says. Jesus knew that they wished to ask him, and said to them, Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this that I said, A little while and you shall not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me?
I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine,
And I ask not for these only, but for those also who shall believe on me through their word,
And I ask not for these only, but for those also who shall believe on me through their word, that all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
that all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
that all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.
He who saw has testified, and his testimony is true, for he knows that he says what is true, that you also may believe.
And having said this he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.
I WROTE my first account, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus did and taught,
And assembling them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which [says he] you have heard from me; that John baptized indeed with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days.
but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
And when they came, they went up into the upper room where staid Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the [brother] of James. All these continued with one accord in prayer, with the women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
It is necessary therefore that one of the men who have gone with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John till the day on which he was taken up from us, should be made with us a witness of his resurrection.
AND when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind together.
AND when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind together. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where they were sitting;
And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where they were sitting; and there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and [one] sat on each one of them; read more. and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
and when this sound was [heard], the multitude came together and were astonished, for they each one heard them speaking in his own language.
and when this sound was [heard], the multitude came together and were astonished, for they each one heard them speaking in his own language.
And they were all astonished and perplexed, saying one to another, What does this mean? But others mocking said, They are full of sweet wine.
but this is what was said by the prophet; In the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; read more. and upon my male servants and upon my female servants in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
Being therefore exalted on the right hand of God, and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured this out which you both see and hear.
Being therefore exalted on the right hand of God, and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured this out which you both see and hear.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added the saved, day by day, to the assembly [church].
But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, this I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazoraen, walk. And taking him by the right hand he raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened,
by stretching out thy hand, that cures and miracles and prodigies may be performed by the name of thy holy servant Jesus.
But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy Spirit, and that you should keep back a part of the price of the land?
and set them before the Apostles; and they having prayed imposed hands on them.
and set them before the Apostles; and they having prayed imposed hands on them.
This is he that was with the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living oracles to give us,
But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.
And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit; read more. for it had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
for it had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. read more. And Simon seeing that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, offered them money,
And Simon seeing that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, offered them money, saying, Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hand he may receive the Holy Spirit. read more. But Peter said to him, Your money go to perdition with you; because you have thought to purchase the gift of God with money. You have no part nor inheritance in this work; for your heart is not right before God. Turn your mind therefore from this your wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the thought of your mind may be forgiven you; for I see you are in the gall of bitterness and bond of wickedness. And Simon answered and said, Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have said may come upon me.
and has seen a man by the name of Ananias coming and putting a hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
And Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way which you came, that you may receive sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
And Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way which you came, that you may receive sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight, and rising up was baptized,
for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,
And I said, By no means, Lord, for nothing common or impure has ever entered into my mouth. And a voice answered from heaven a second time, What God has purified do not you regard common. read more. And this was done thrice, and again all were taken up to heaven. And behold, immediately three men came to the house in which I was, being sent for me from Caesarea.
And behold, immediately three men came to the house in which I was, being sent for me from Caesarea.
And when I began to speak the Holy Spirit fell on them as also on us in the beginning.
And in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch; and one of them, by the name of Agabus, standing up signified by the spirit that a great famine was about to come on all the world; which also came under Claudius Caesar.
And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas and Simeon called Niger [the black], and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen the foster brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. And while they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. read more. Then having fasted and prayed and imposed hands on them, they sent them forth.
For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to put no greater burden upon you except these necessary things;
coming by Mysia they endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;
coming by Mysia they endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;
And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus: and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. And having continued there many days, there came down a certain prophet from Judea by the name of Agabus, read more. and coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, and binding his hands and feet, he said, These things, says the Holy Spirit; Thus will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.
And the father of Poplius lay sick with a fever and dysentery, and Paul came to him, and prayed, and put his hands on him, and cured him.
declared to be the Son of God in power as to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead,??esus Christ our Lord,??5 through whom we have received grace and an apostleship for the obedience of the faith in all nations in behalf of his name,
Much in every way. For first, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so came upon all men because all sinned,??13 for till the law there was sin in the world, but sin is not accounted where there is no law
but death reigned from Adam till Moses even over those that sinned not after the similitude Adam's transgression, who is a type of him that was to come; but not as the fall so also is the gift; for if by the fall of one the many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by grace which is of the one man Jesus Christ, abounded to the many; read more. and not as through one that sinned is the gift; for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the gift was from many sins to a righteous ordinance; for if by one fall death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ;??18 therefore, as through the fall of one [judgment came] on all men to condemnation, so also through the righteous ordinance of one [the gift comes] on all men to justification of life;
for as through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the one shall the many be constituted righteous. For the law supervened that the fall might abound; but where the sin abounded the grace was superabundant, read more. that as sin reigned in death, so the grace shall reign through righteousness in life eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord.
But you are not in the flesh but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if any man has not the spirit of Christ he is not his.
And if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised Christ from the dead shall make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwells in you.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are sons of God. For you received not the spirit of servitude again to fear, but you received the spirit of adoption, by which we cry; Abba, Father. read more. The Spirit itself is a co-witness with our spirits that we are children of God.
For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he may be a first-born among many brothers;
I EXHORT you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice; holy, well pleasing to God, your reasonable service; and be not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, that you may prove what is the will of God which is good and well-pleasing and perfect. read more. For I say through the grace given me, to every one among you, not to be higher-minded than he ought to be, but to think soberly, as God has distributed to each the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office, so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of another; but having different gifts according to the grace given us, if prophecy [let us prophesy] according to the analogy of the faith,
but having different gifts according to the grace given us, if prophecy [let us prophesy] according to the analogy of the faith, if a service [let us labor] in the service, if one teaches, in teaching, read more. if one exhorts in the exhortation, he that gives, with simplicity, he that rules, with diligence, he that exercises mercy, with cheerfulness.
but God has revealed them to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
but God has revealed them to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who knows the [things] of man, except the spirit of man which is in him? So also no one knows the [things] of God except the Spirit of God. read more. And we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things given us by God,
Know you not that you are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
And such were some of you; but you are washed, you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Know you not that your bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit in you which you have from God, and you are not your own?
I assure you, therefore, that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus an accursed thing, and no one can call Jesus Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.
But a manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for a useful purpose. For to one is given by the Spirit a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit, read more. and to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of performing cures by the same Spirit,
and to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of performing cures by the same Spirit, and to another the performance of mighty works, and to another prophecy, and to another discrimination of spirits, and to another different tongues, and to another an interpretation of tongues;
and to another the performance of mighty works, and to another prophecy, and to another discrimination of spirits, and to another different tongues, and to another an interpretation of tongues;
for we have all been baptized with one Spirit in one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and have all been made to drink one Spirit.
for we have all been baptized with one Spirit in one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and have all been made to drink one Spirit. For the body also is not one member but many. read more. If the foot says, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body? and if the ear says, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body was an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole was a hearing, where would be the smelling? But now God has placed the members each one of them in the body, as he pleased. But if all were one member, where would be the body? But now there are many members, but one body.
for our comely ones have no need. But God has commingled the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which was lacking,
And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of performing cures, aids, governments, different tongues.
And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of performing cures, aids, governments, different tongues.
And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of performing cures, aids, governments, different tongues. Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all powers? read more. have all gifts of performing cures? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? But desire earnestly the best gifts: and I will still more fully show you the way.
But desire earnestly the best gifts: and I will still more fully show you the way.
But desire earnestly the best gifts: and I will still more fully show you the way.
But desire earnestly the best gifts: and I will still more fully show you the way.
And if I have prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.
And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Cherish love, and be earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy.
Cherish love, and be earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy.
Cherish love, and be earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy. For he that speaks with a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but in spirit he speaks mysteries; read more. but he that prophesies speaks to men to edification and exhortation and consolation. He that speaks with a tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies an assembly. I wish you all to speak with tongues, but rather that you should prophesy; and he that prophesies is greater than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, that the assembly may receive edification. But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you by a revelation, or by a knowledge, or by a prophecy, or by a doctrine? So of irrational objects making a sound, whether a flute or harp; if it makes no distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is played on the flute or harp? For also if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle? So also you by a tongue if you utter a word not easily understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for you will speak to the air. There are perhaps as many kinds of voices in the world, and no one is without significance; if therefore I do not know the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks will be a barbarian to me. So also you, since you are earnestly desirous of spirits [spiritual gifts], seek to abound for the edification of the church.
So also you, since you are earnestly desirous of spirits [spiritual gifts], seek to abound for the edification of the church. Let him therefore that speaks with a tongue pray that he may interpret, read more. For if I pray with a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What then is [to be done]? I will pray with the spirit, I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing with the spirit, I will sing also with the understanding; since if you bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupies the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to your thanksgiving, since he knows not what you say? For you indeed give thanks well; but the other is not edified. I thank God I speak with a tongue more than you all; but in an assembly I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may also teach others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
And the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets;
And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty.
to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their offenses, and has given to us the word of reconciliation.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
But when Peter came to Antioch I opposed him to his face, because he was to blame. For before some came from James he eat with the gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself; fearing those of the circumcision;
For we Jews by race and not sinners of the gentiles,
For we Jews by race and not sinners of the gentiles,
but when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, that he might redeem those under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. read more. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you are circumcised Christ will not profit you.
For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
and put all things in subjection under his feet, and made him head over all things to the church,
that at that time you were without Christ, alienated from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world;
that at that time you were without Christ, alienated from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world;
and reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having destroyed the enmity by it. And he came and preached the good news of peace to you who were far off, and peace to those nigh, read more. for through him we both have access by one spirit to the Father.
for through him we both have access by one spirit to the Father.
for through him we both have access by one spirit to the Father. Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the family of God, read more. being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone,
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father, of whom all the family in heaven and on earth is named, read more. that he would grant to you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith, you being founded and established in love, that you may be able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length, and depth and height, and to know the love of Christ which exceeds knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your call;
And to each one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ, read more. till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
by whom all the body being joined together and compacted by the supply of every joint, according to the proportionate operation of every part, makes increase of the body to the edification of itself in love.
by whom all the body being joined together and compacted by the supply of every joint, according to the proportionate operation of every part, makes increase of the body to the edification of itself in love.
with their understandings darkened, alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance which is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts,
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by which you were sealed to the day of redemption.
I thank my God at every remembrance of you,
For God is my witness, how much I desire you all with the tender affections of Christ Jesus.
For God is my witness, how much I desire you all with the tender affections of Christ Jesus.
for I know that this will result in salvation to me, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
for I know that this will result in salvation to me, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
If therefore there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort in love, if any participation of the Spirit, if any affections and compassions,
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God thought it not a robbery to be equal with God; read more. but he abased himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of man, and being found in form like a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient even till death, and the death of the cross. Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of beings in heaven and in the earth and under the earth, and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
who is the likeness of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation,
by the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blame and without fault before him,
for in him dwells all the fullness of the Deity bodily
and whatever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God [and] Father through him. Wives, be subject to the husbands, as is fit in the Lord.
This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before concerning you, that by them you may perform an honorable service,
Neglect not the gift which is in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the imposition of hands of the eldership.
Neglect not the gift which is in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the imposition of hands of the eldership.
Neglect not the gift which is in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the imposition of hands of the eldership.
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither partake of others' sins. Keep yourself pure.
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither partake of others' sins. Keep yourself pure.
For which cause I admonish you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the imposition of my hands.
For which cause I admonish you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the imposition of my hands.
and that from a child you have known the sacred Scriptures, which can make you wise to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is divinely inspired and is profitable for instruction, for conviction, for correction, for education in righteousnes,
GOD, who at many times and in many ways spoke anciently to the fathers by the prophets, in these last days spoke to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds, read more. who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance, and sustaining all things by the word of his power, having made a purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high,
For you who ought on account of the time to be teachers, have need that one should teach you again what are the first rudiments of the oracles of God, and have need of milk and not solid food.
of baptisms taught, and the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of the eternal judgment.
whence also he is able to save forever those who come to God through him, always living to intercede for them.
how much more shall the blood of Christ, who with an eternal spirit offered himself without fault to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
HAVING therefore, brothers, confidence in respect to the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, which [entrance] he consecrated for us a new and living way through the vail, that is his flesh,
whose voice then shook the earth, but now it has been promised, saying, Hereafter once for all I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven.
if any one is sick among you, let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Let the younger in like manner be subject to the elder, and do you all be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility; for God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of its own solution. For prophecy was never brought by the will of man, but moved by the Holy Spirit men spoke from God,
and consider the long-suffering of the Lord our salvation; as also our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom given to him wrote to you, as also in all his epistles speaking of these things, in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest as they also do the other Scriptures to their destruction.
THAT which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld and our hands felt, concerning the Word of life,??2 and the life was made manifest, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us,??3 that which we have seen and heard, we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
A REVELATION of Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his servants [things] which must shortly occur, and he sent and made them known by his angel to his servant John, who declared the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ which he saw. read more. Blessed is he that reads, and those that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time is at hand. John, to the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace be to you, from the Is and the Was and the Is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his blood, and made us a kingdom, priests to God even his Father, to him be the glory and the power forever; amen. Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him and those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of him. Yes, amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God; the Is, and the Was, and the Is to come, the Almighty. I, John, your brother and companion in the affliction and kingdom and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a loud voice as of a trumpet, saying, What you see write in a book, and send to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamus and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea. And I turned to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned around I saw seven golden candlesticks, and in the midst of the candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a robe extending down to his feet, girded about the breasts with a golden girdle; and his head and hairs were white as white wool, as snow, and his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brass as if they were burned in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of many waters, and he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, and his face shone like the sun in his strength. And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he put his right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last
And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he put his right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last and the living, and I was dead, and behold, I am living forever and ever; and I have the keys of death and of hades.
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write, These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God,
And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See [that you do it] not; I am your fellow-servant and of your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
And he that sits on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said, Write that these words are faithful and true. And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts of the fountain of the water of life freely.
And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and the Lamb.