So tell me—did you receive the Spirit by keeping the law, or by placing your trust in what you heard?
After this I will pour out my spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will be my prophets, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.
In those days I will also pour out my spirit on male slaves and female slaves.
But when the Father sends the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, in my place, he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.
But I will send you the Comforter from the Father. When he comes, he will give evidence about me. He is the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father.
But I'm telling you the truth: it's better for you that I go away, for if I don't the Comforter won't come to you. If I go away, I will send him to you.
When he comes, he will convince those in the world that they have wrong ideas regarding sin, about what is right, and about judgment:
Sin, for they don't trust in me.
What is right, for I'm going to the Father and you won't see me any longer.
Judgment, for the ruler of this world has been condemned.
There's much more I want to explain to you, but you couldn't stand it now.
However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will teach you the whole truth. He doesn't speak for himself, but he only says what he hears, and he will tell you what's going to happen.
He brings me glory for he teaches you whatever he receives from me.
“But you will be given power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest places on earth.”
Since we have this hope we're never disappointed, for God's love has been poured into us through the Holy Spirit he's given us.
The Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. He who raised Jesus from the dead will also give life to your dead bodies through his Spirit that lives in you.
so we are one body in Christ, even though we are many—and we all belong to one another.
We each have different gifts that vary according to the grace given to us. So if it's speaking for God, then you should do so depending on how much you trust in God.
If it's the ministry of service then you should serve; if teaching then you should teach;
if encouragement then you should encourage; if giving then you should give generously; if leadership then you should lead with commitment; if being merciful then you should do so gladly.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there's freedom.
But God has revealed this to us through the Spirit, because the Spirit delves into the depths of God.
Who knows anyone's thoughts except the actual person? In the same way no one knows God's thoughts except the Spirit of God.
For we have received the Spirit from God, not the spirit of this world, so that we could understand what God so generously gave us.
That's what we speak about—not using words taught by human wisdom, but what the Spirit teaches. We explain what is spiritual using spiritual terms.
Of course people who are not spiritual don't accept what comes from God's Spirit. It's just foolish nonsense to them, and they can't understand it, because what is spiritual has to be properly examined.
Now there are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they come from the same Spirit.
There are different kinds of ministries, but they come from the same Lord.
There are different ways of working, but they come from the same God, who is at work in all of them.
The Spirit is given to each of us and is revealed for the good of all.
One person is given by the Spirit the ability to speak words of wisdom. Another is given a message of knowledge by the same Spirit.
Another receives the gift of strongly trusting in God by the same Spirit. Another receives gifts of healing from that one Spirit.
Another is given the ability to perform miracles. Another receives the gift of prophecy. Another is given the gift of spiritual discernment. Another receives the ability to speak different languages while another is given the gift of interpreting languages.
But all of these gifts are the work of the one and the same Spirit, sharing with each person as he alone chooses.
for no prophecy originated in human ideas, but prophets spoke for God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
But the Spirit produces fruit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust,
gentleness, self-control—and there's no law against these kinds of things!