John 16:7-15
16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate
will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
16:8 And when he
comes, he will prove the world wrong
concerning sin and
righteousness and
judgment –
16:9 concerning sin, because
they do not believe in me;
16:10 concerning righteousness,
because
I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;
16:11 and concerning judgment,
because
the ruler of this world
has been condemned.
16:12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.
16:14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.
16:15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.
Acts 2:33
2:33 So then, exalted
to the right hand
of God, and having received
the promise of the Holy Spirit
from the Father, he has poured out
what you both see and hear.
Acts 10:44-46
The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit
10:44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.
10:45 The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,
10:46 for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
Acts 11:15-18
11:15 Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on
them just as he did
on us at the beginning.
11:16 And I remembered the word of the Lord,
as he used to say,
‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
11:17 Therefore if God
gave them the same gift
as he also gave us after believing
in the Lord Jesus Christ,
who was I to hinder
God?”
11:18 When they heard this,
they ceased their objections
and praised
God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance
that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”
Acts 11:1
Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church
11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.
Colossians 3:16
3:16 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.
Colossians 1:7-11
1:7 You learned the gospel
from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave
– a
faithful minister of Christ on our
behalf –
1:8 who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church
1:9 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,
1:10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
Colossians 1:2
1:2 to the saints, the faithful
brothers and sisters
in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you
from God our Father!
Colossians 1:6
1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel
is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing
among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
Galatians 3:2-5
3:2 The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law
or by believing what you heard?
3:3 Are you so foolish? Although you began
with
the Spirit, are you now trying to finish
by human effort?
3:4 Have you suffered so many things for nothing? – if indeed it was for nothing.
3:5 Does God then give
you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law
or by your believing what you heard?
Galatians 5:5
5:5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.
Galatians 5:22-23
5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
5:23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Titus 3:5-6
3:5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
3:6 whom he poured out on us in full measure
through Jesus Christ our Savior.
Hebrews 2:4
2:4 while God confirmed their witness
with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed
according to his will.
Hebrews 2:1
Warning Against Drifting Away
2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
Hebrews 1:12
1:12 and like a robe you will fold them up
and like a garment they will be changed,
but you are the same and your years will never run out.”