what I said, what I preached, did not rest on the plausible arguments of 'wisdom' but on the proof supplied by the Spirit and its power,

And God has revealed it to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit fathoms everything, even the depths of God.

What human being can understand the thoughts of a man, except the man's own inner spirit? So too no one understands the thoughts of God, except the Spirit of God.

Now we have received the Spirit ??not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may understand what God bestows upon us.

And this is what we discuss, using language taught by no human wisdom but by the Spirit. We interpret what is spiritual in spiritual language.

The unspiritual man rejects these truths of the Spirit of God; to him they are 'sheer folly,' he cannot understand them. And the reason is, that they must be read with the spiritual eye.

Do you not know you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells within you?

Which is it to be? Am I to come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

For my part, present with you in spirit though absent in body, I have already, as in your presence, passed sentence on such an offender as this,

by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ; I have met with you in spirit, and by the power of our Lord Jesus

I have consigned that individual to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord Jesus.

Some of you were once like that; but you washed yourselves clean, you were consecrated, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

while he who joins himself to the Lord is one with him in spirit.

Do you not know your body is the temple of the holy Spirit within you ??the Spirit you have received from God? You are not your own,

the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy his wife ??34 so he is torn in two directions. The unmarried woman or the maid is also anxious about the Lord's affairs, how to be consecrated, body and spirit; once married, she is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy her husband.

However, she is happier if she remains as she is; that is my opinion ??and I suppose I have the Spirit of God as well as other people!

And you must not be idolaters, like some of them; as it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to make sport.

so I tell you now, that no one is speaking in the Spirit of God when he cries, 'Cursed be Jesus,' and that no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except in the holy Spirit.

There are varieties of talents, but the same Spirit;

Each receives his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

One man is granted words of wisdom by the Spirit, another words of knowledge by the same Spirit;

one man in the same Spirit has the gift of faith, another in the one Spirit has gifts of healing;

But all these effects are produced by one and the same Spirit, apportioning them severally to each individual as he pleases.

For by one Spirit we have all been baptized into one Body, Jews or Greeks, slaves or freemen; we have all been imbued with one Spirit.

For he who speaks in a 'tongue' addresses God not men; no one understands him; he is talking of divine secrets in the Spirit.

For if I pray with a 'tongue,' my spirit prays, no doubt, but my mind is no use to anyone.

Very well then, I will pray in the Spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing praise in the Spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind.

Otherwise, suppose you are blessing God in the Spirit, how is the outsider to say 'Amen' to your thanksgiving? The man does not understand what you are saying!

If anyone considers himself a prophet or gifted with the Spirit, let him understand that what I write to you is a command of the Lord.

Thus it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became an animate being, the last Adam a life-giving Spirit';

They refresh my spirit as they do your own. You should appreciate men like that.