'Spiritual' in the Bible

I myself will set my face against that man and his clan. I will cut off from the midst of their people both him and all who follow after him in spiritual prostitution, to commit prostitution by worshiping Molech.

He said to me: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.

Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, he said to him, "Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the Lord."

They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner's staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.

For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

For we know that the law is spiritual -- but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.

For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.

so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

and all ate the same spiritual food,

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord's command.

it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.

Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you.

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,

And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.