¹⁹ Go, therefore, and make disciples^(A) of^[a] all nations,^(B) baptizing^(C) them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

²⁴ God is spirit,^(A) and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and in truth.”^(B)

¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor^[a](A) to be with you forever. ¹⁷ He is the Spirit^(B) of truth.^(C) The world is unable to receive him because it doesn’t see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains with you and will be^[b] in you.^(D)

The Counselor’s Ministry

²⁶ “When the Counselor^(A) comes, the one I will send to you from the Father^(B) —the Spirit of truth^(C) who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me.

¹³ When the Spirit of truth^(A) comes, he will guide you into all the truth.^(B) For he will not speak on his own, but he will speak whatever he hears. He will also declare to you what is to come. ¹⁴ He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. ¹⁵ Everything the Father^(C) has is mine.^(D) This is why I told you that he takes from what is mine and will declare it to you.^(E)

³ “Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart^(A) to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds of the land? ⁴ Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God.”

⁹ You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.^(A) If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,^(B) he does not belong to him.

¹⁷ Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.