Ephesians 1:13
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13 In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit;(A)
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2 Corinthians 1:22
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22 who has put his seal on us and given[a] us his Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.(A)
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Ephesians 4:30
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30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.(A)
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2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:13
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13 We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers.(A)
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Romans 4:11
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11 He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith[a] while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe[b] without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,(A)
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Galatians 3:14
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14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.(A)
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Colossians 1:21-23
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21 And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled[a] in his fleshly body[b] through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,(A) 23 provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature[c] under heaven. I, Paul, became a minister of this gospel.(B)
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Romans 1:16
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The Power of the Gospel
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is God’s saving power for everyone who believes,[a] for the Jew first and also for the Greek.(A)
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Titus 2:11
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11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all,[a](A)
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Colossians 1:4-6
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4 for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,(A) 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel(B) 6 that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.(C)
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Acts 2:33
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33 Being therefore exalted at[a] the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you see and hear.(A)
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John 14:26
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26 But the Advocate,[a] the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you.(A)
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John 14:16-17
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John 1:17
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17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(A)
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Joel 2:28
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God’s Spirit Poured Out
28 [a]Then afterward
I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.(A)
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Luke 24:49
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49 And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”(A)
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Psalm 119:43
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43 Do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
for my hope is in your ordinances.
1 Peter 2:10
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10 Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.(A)
Romans 10:14-17
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14 But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed?[a] And how are they to believe[b] in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? 15 And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”(A) 16 But not all have obeyed the good news,[c] for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed[d] our message?”(B) 17 So faith[e] comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.[f]
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Romans 6:17
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17 But thanks be to God that you who were slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted(A)
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Acts 2:16-22
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16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.(A)
18 Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit,
and they shall prophesy.(B)
19 And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
20 The sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.(C)
21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’(D)
22 “Fellow Israelites,[a] listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth,[b] a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know(E)—
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Acts 1:4
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4 While staying[a] with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait there for the promise of the Father. “This,” he said, “is what you have heard from me;(A)
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John 15:26
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26 “When the Advocate[a] comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.(A)
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Hebrews 2:3
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3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was confirmed for us by those who heard him,(A)
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