41 Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!"

3 "God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him,*

for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.

16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.

22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

25 Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.

6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.

19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

17 But the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.

11 No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit.

15 Well then, what shall I do? I will pray in the spirit,* and I will also pray in words I understand. I will sing in the spirit, and I will also sing in words I understand.

16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. 17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.

17 asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom* and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.

15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.* Now we call him, "Abba, Father."*16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.

16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.

15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.* Now we call him, "Abba, Father."*

10 And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life* because you have been made right with God.

14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children* of God.

26 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.

11 Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.*

13 I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth."

23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth."

18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

1 Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

19 For I know that as you pray for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my deliverance.

23 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.*

23 Come and listen to my counsel.

I’ll share my heart with you

and make you wise.

2 People may be pure in their own eyes,

but the Lord examines their motives.

18 Pride goes before destruction,

and haughtiness before a fall.

19 Better to live humbly with the poor

than to share plunder with the proud.

32 Better to be patient than powerful;

better to have self-control than to conquer a city.

27 The Lord’s light penetrates the human spirit,*

exposing every hidden motive.

6 Then he said to me, "This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,

for the Lord has anointed me

to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted

and to proclaim that captives will be released

and prisoners will be freed.*

19 And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart,*20 so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.

5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again!

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God.

Renew a loyal spirit within me.

11 Do not banish me from your presence,

and don’t take your Holy Spirit* from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,

and make me willing to obey you.

17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.

You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.

18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;

he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;

there is no help for you there.

4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,

and all their plans die with them.

12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

26 Just as the body is dead without breath,* so also faith is dead without good works.

1 Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.

13 And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.

13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him."

3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. 4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages,* as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.*2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

8 But there is a spirit* within people,

the breath of the Almighty within them,

that makes them intelligent.

6 Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well. 7 For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

2 "I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me.

3 How great are his signs,

how powerful his wonders!

His kingdom will last forever,

his rule through all generations.