spirit
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24God is Spirit. And so, those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”
13But when the Spirit of truth has arrived, he will teach the whole truth to you. For he will not be speaking from himself. Instead, whatever he will hear, he will speak. And he will announce to you the things that are to come.
63Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he was before?
16So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.
1Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
13In this way, we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he has given to us from his Spirit.
26And similarly, the Spirit also helps our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself asks on our behalf with ineffable sighing. 27And he who examines hearts knows what the Spirit seeks, because he asks on behalf of the saints in accordance with God.
26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will suggest to you everything whatsoever that I have said to you.
15For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do. 16So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good. 17But I am then acting not according to the law, but according to the sin which lives within me. 18For I know that what is good does not live within me, that is, within my flesh. For the willingness to do good lies close to me, but the carrying out of that good, I cannot reach. 19For I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do. 20Now if I do what I am not willing to do, it is no longer I who am doing it, but the sin which lives within me.
12For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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.”