My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

For who among men knows the things of a man except the man's spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.

And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.

When you gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of our Lord Jesus,

turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him.

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is -- and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!

Do we not have the right to financial support?

So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.

For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.

For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.

Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living person"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. So then, recognize people like this.