19 Bible Verses About the Holy Spirit: Who He Is, His Power and His Gifts

Christian Pure Team

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Samenvatting

  • Parakletos is a legal word for someone called to stand beside you; English has tried Comforter, Counsellor, Advocate, Helper and Friend.
  • Jesus calls the Spirit “another” advocate (John 14:16), and 1 John 2:1 uses the same word for Jesus.
  • In John 3:8 the Greek word pneuma means both wind and spirit, so the verse uses one word where English needs two.
  • Paul calls the Spirit a deposit — a commercial term for a first instalment that commits the payer to the rest.
  • Paul says the gifts are given “for the common good” (1 Corinthians 12:7), and Peter says to use them “to serve others” (1 Peter 4:10).

Scripture describes the Spirit as a helper sent to stand beside believers, who teaches them, lives in them, gives gifts for the common good and brings power to bear witness. In John’s Gospel Jesus calls the Spirit the parakletos, a Greek word for someone called to another person’s side, used for an advocate in court. English Bibles have translated it Comforter, Counselor, Advocate, Helper and, in The Message, Friend. Jesus calls the Spirit “another advocate” (John 14:16), and 1 John…

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Bijbelcitaten zijn afkomstig uit de New International Version.

Parakletos appears at John 14:16, 14:26, 15:26 and 16:7, and of Jesus himself at 1 John 2:1.

The Greek pneuma carries wind, breath and spirit; the same doubling occurs in the Hebrew ruach at Genesis 1:2 and Ezekiel 37:9.

The temple is the congregation at 1 Corinthians 3:16 (plural) and the individual body at 1 Corinthians 6:19.

The works of the flesh Paul sets against the single fruit are at Galatians 5:19-21.

Abba is left untranslated at Galatians 4:6, Romans 8:15 and Mark 14:36.

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