because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.

So Barnabas and Saul, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)

who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness.

(for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit –

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

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.

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

to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

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

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.

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.