10 Bible Verses about Receiving The Spirit

After he said this he breathed on them and said: Receive Holy Spirit.

You will receive power, when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

He spoke this by the Spirit. Those who believed in him were to receive the Spirit. The Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified.

He is exalted to the right hand of God. He has received the promised Holy Spirit from the Father. So he poured out what you now see and hear.

Then Peter said: Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Peter and John prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

So they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

This way the blessing of Abraham might come upon the nations through Christ Jesus and we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

He said to them: Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? They said: We have never even heard of a Holy Spirit.

I want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law, or by having faith in what you heard?