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Holy Spirit

Also called Spirits, Comforter, Holy Ghost

Mentioned in 211 verses across 23 books, first in Romans 5:5. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections), not counting Old Testament verses read as about them.

In the Bible

All 21 verses in Romans, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Romans

  • Romans 5:5

    And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

  • Romans 8:1

    Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

  • Romans 8:2

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

  • Romans 8:4

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

  • Romans 8:5

    Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

  • Romans 8:9

    You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

  • Romans 8:10

    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

  • Romans 8:11

    And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

  • Romans 8:13

    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.

  • Romans 8:14

    For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

  • Romans 8:15

    For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

  • Romans 8:16

    The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

  • Romans 8:23

    Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

  • Romans 8:26

    In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

  • Romans 8:27

    And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

  • Romans 9:1

    I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

  • Romans 14:17

    For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

  • Romans 15:13

    Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • Romans 15:16

    to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

  • Romans 15:19

    by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

  • Romans 15:30

    Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

Identified with the Holy Spirit in Christian tradition

The Hebrew speaks of the spirit (rûaḥ) of God or of the LORD. Christian tradition identifies it with the Holy Spirit, a person of the Trinity; Jewish tradition reads it as God's own power or presence, not a separate person. These 35 verses are not counted above.

Events

Events the dataset lists Holy Spirit as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. c. 4004 BC
    Creation of all thingsGenesis 1:1–2:3
  2. no date
    The Holy Spirit is promisedActs 1:4–5 · at Olivet
  3. no date
    The Holy Spirit comesActs 2:1–13 · at Jerusalem
  4. c. AD 30
    Peter and John's TrialActs 4:1–22 · at Jerusalem
  5. c. AD 30
    Believers pray for boldnessActs 4:23–31 · at Jerusalem
  6. c. AD 30
    Ananias and Sapphira lie to GodActs 5:1–11 · at Jerusalem
  7. c. AD 30
    Seven chosen to serveActs 6:1–7 · at Jerusalem
  8. c. AD 31
    Philip preaches in SamariaActs 8:4–25 · at Samaria
  9. c. AD 32
    Conversion of Ethiopian EunuchActs 8:26–40 · at Gaza
  10. c. AD 32
    Saul is convertedActs 9:1–19 · at Straight Gate, Damascus
  11. c. AD 38
    Saul proclaims JesusActs 9:20–31 · at Tarsus, Caesarea, Damascus, Jerusalem
  12. c. AD 38
    Peter meets CorneliusActs 10:1–33 · at Joppa, Caesarea

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

The third Person of the adorable Trinity.

His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attributes of personality, as intelligence and volition, are ascribed to him (John 14:17, 26; 15:26; 1 Cor. 2:10, 11; 12:11). He reproves, helps, glorifies, intercedes (John 16:7-13; Rom. 8:26). (2) He executes the offices peculiar only to a person. The very nature of these offices involves personal distinction (Luke 12:12; Acts 5:32; 15:28; 16:6; 28:25; 1 Cor. 2:13; Heb. 2:4; 3:7; 2 Pet. 1:21).

His divinity is established (1) from the fact that the names of God are ascribed to him (Ex. 17:7; Ps. 95:7; comp. Heb. 3:7-11); and (2) that divine attributes are also ascribed to him, omnipresence (Ps. 139:7; Eph. 2:17, 18; 1 Cor. 12:13); omniscience (1 Cor. 2:10, 11); omnipotence (Luke 1:35; Rom. 8:11); eternity (Heb. 9:4). (3) Creation is ascribed to him (Gen. 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps. 104:30), and the working of miracles (Matt. 12:28; 1 Cor. 12:9-11). (4) Worship is required and ascribed to him (Isa. 6:3; Acts 28:25; Rom. 9:1; Rev. 1:4; Matt. 28:19).

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