filling of the holy spirit
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18And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
31And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered was moved. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they were speaking the Word of God with confidence.
16So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.
5but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
13And indeed, in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether servant or free. And we all drank in the one Spirit.
9And you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if it is true that the Spirit of God lives within you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.
17And Ananias departed. And he entered the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, he who appeared to you on the way by which you arrived, sent me so that you would receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
8But you shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit, passing over you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”
16And I will ask the Father, and he will give another Advocate to you, so that he may abide with you for eternity:
22But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,
52The disciples were likewise filled with gladness and with the Holy Spirit.
38Yet truly, Peter said to them: “Do penance; and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.