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Bible Verses About The Holy Spirit
What does the Bible say about the Holy Spirit? That He comforts, teaches, empowers, and helps us, God Himself living and working within believers. John 14:26, Acts 1:8, Galatians 5:22-23 are among the clearest passages.
Bible verses about the holy spirit
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost... he shall teach you all things.”
John 14:26 · King James Version (public domain)
“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.”
Acts 1:8 · King James Version (public domain)
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.”
Galatians 5:22-23 · King James Version (public domain)
“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities.”
Romans 8:26 · King James Version (public domain)
“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”
John 16:13 · King James Version (public domain)
Jesus promises that the Spirit of truth will guide you into all truth when you feel lost or uncertain.
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;”
John 14:16 · King James Version (public domain)
Christ asks the Father to give you another Comforter who will abide with you forever, so you are never left alone.
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 2:38 · King James Version (public domain)
The gift of the Holy Ghost is promised to all who turn to Christ, tying the Spirit directly to the gospel.
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
1 Corinthians 6:19 · King James Version (public domain)
Your very body is a temple of the Holy Ghost, a sign of how near God chooses to dwell with you.
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:”
Romans 8:16 · King James Version (public domain)
The Spirit himself bears witness with your spirit that you are a child of God, settling your identity.
“Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”
John 14:17 · King James Version (public domain)
The Spirit of truth dwells with you and shall be in you, a closeness the world cannot know.
“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
Ephesians 1:13 · King James Version (public domain)
When you trusted the gospel of Christ you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, marked as his own.
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”
Titus 3:5 · King James Version (public domain)
God saves you not by your works but by the renewing of the Holy Ghost, poured out through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”
John 7:38 · King James Version (public domain)
Jesus promises that those who believe in him will have rivers of living water, which he spoke of the Spirit.
How these verses point to Christ
These verses are not slogans to prop yourself up. Every true word the Bible speaks about the holy spirit finds its yes in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20). He is where the holy spirit, rightly understood, was always leading; come to Him and receive what no verse alone can give.
You do not have to carry this alone
On The Living Bread you can read these passages in full, ask Simon what they mean, hear how Christ has met others in the same place, and pray them with a community that will pray for you by name. You are welcome exactly as you are.
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