Bible Cross References
Received
Galatians 3:5
Does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you because you do what the Law requires or because you hear the gospel and believe it?
Galatians 3:14
Christ did this in order that the blessing which God promised to Abraham might be given to the Gentiles by means of Christ Jesus, so that through faith we might receive the Spirit promised by God.
Acts 2:38
Peter said to them, "Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God's gift, the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:15
When they arrived, they prayed for the believers that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
Acts 10:44-47
44
While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who were listening to his message.
45
The Jewish believers who had come from Joppa with Peter were amazed that God had poured out his gift of the Holy Spirit on the Gentiles also.
46
For they heard them speaking in strange tongues and praising God's greatness. Peter spoke up:
47
"These people have received the Holy Spirit, just as we also did. Can anyone, then, stop them from being baptized with water?"
Acts 11:15-18
15
And when I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them just as on us at the beginning.
16
Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
17
It is clear that God gave those Gentiles the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, then, to try to stop God!"
18
When they heard this, they stopped their criticism and praised God, saying, "Then God has given to the Gentiles also the opportunity to repent and live!"
Acts 15:8
And God, who knows the thoughts of everyone, showed his approval of the Gentiles by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he had to us.
Acts 19:2-6
2
and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?" "We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit," they answered.
3
"Well, then, what kind of baptism did you receive?" Paul asked. "The baptism of John," they answered.
4
Paul said, "The baptism of John was for those who turned from their sins; and he told the people of Israel to believe in the one who was coming after him---that is, in Jesus."
5
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6
Paul placed his hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came upon them; they spoke in strange tongues and also proclaimed God's message.
1 Corinthians 12:7-13
7
The Spirit's presence is shown in some way in each person for the good of all.
8
The Spirit gives one person a message full of wisdom, while to another person the same Spirit gives a message full of knowledge.
9
One and the same Spirit gives faith to one person, while to another person he gives the power to heal.
10
The Spirit gives one person the power to work miracles; to another, the gift of speaking God's message; and to yet another, the ability to tell the difference between gifts that come from the Spirit and those that do not. To one person he gives the ability to speak in strange tongues, and to another he gives the ability to explain what is said.
11
But it is one and the same Spirit who does all this; as he wishes, he gives a different gift to each person.
12
Christ is like a single body, which has many parts; it is still one body, even though it is made up of different parts.
13
In the same way, all of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free, have been baptized into the one body by the same Spirit, and we have all been given the one Spirit to drink.
2 Corinthians 11:4
For you gladly tolerate anyone who comes to you and preaches a different Jesus, not the one we preached; and you accept a spirit and a gospel completely different from the Spirit and the gospel you received from us!
Ephesians 1:13
And you also became God's people when you heard the true message, the Good News that brought you salvation. You believed in Christ, and God put his stamp of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had promised.
Ephesians 1:14
The Spirit is the guarantee that we shall receive what God has promised his people, and this assures us that God will give complete freedom to those who are his. Let us praise his glory!
Hebrews 2:4
At the same time God added his witness to theirs by performing all kinds of miracles and wonders and by distributing the gifts of the Holy Spirit according to his will.
Hebrews 6:4
For how can those who abandon their faith be brought back to repent again? They were once in God's light; they tasted heaven's gift and received their share of the Holy Spirit;
1 Peter 1:12
God revealed to these prophets that their work was not for their own benefit, but for yours, as they spoke about those things which you have now heard from the messengers who announced the Good News by the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. These are things which even the angels would like to understand.
by the hearing
Romans 1:17
For the gospel reveals how God puts people right with himself: it is through faith from beginning to end. As the scripture says, "The person who is put right with God through faith shall live."
Romans 10:16
But not all have accepted the Good News. Isaiah himself said, "Lord, who believed our message?"
Romans 10:17
So then, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message comes through preaching Christ.