'Spirit' in the Bible

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

Yes, it has been their good pleasure; and they are in their debt. For if the Gentiles have had a part in the things of the Spirit which were theirs, it is right for them, in the same way, to give them help in the things of the flesh.

Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.

But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.

And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?

For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;

In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.

And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.

Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.

If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.

But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:

To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;

But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.

For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

For if I make use of tongues in my prayers, my spirit makes the prayer, but not my mind.

What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind; let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind.

For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.

It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.

And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.

For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.

And it is he who has put his stamp on us, even the Spirit, as the sign in our hearts of the coming glory.

I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.

For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.

Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?

For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free.

But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.

But having the same spirit of faith, as it is said in the Writings, The words of my mouth came from the faith in my heart; in the same way, our words are the outcome of our faith;

Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?

He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now.

For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.

For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided.

Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. So be it.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.

Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;

Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;

And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;

If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.