Witness of the Holy Spirit
21 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
16 sections
- Borne Against all Unbelievers
- Borne to Christ in Heaven
- Borne to Christ: As Coming to Redeem and Sanctify
- Borne to Christ: As Exalted to be a Prince and Saviour to Give Repentance,
- Borne to Christ: As Foretold by Himself
- Borne to Christ: As Messiah
- Borne to Christ: As Perfecting Saints
- Borne to Christ: On Earth
- Given to Saints: As an Evidence of Adoption
- Given to Saints: As an Evidence of Christ in Them
- Given to Saints: As an Evidence of God in Them
- Given to Saints: On Believing
- Given to Saints: To Testify to Them of Christ
- The Faithful Preaching of the Apostles Accompanied By
- The First Preaching of the Gospel Confirmed By
- To be Implicitly Received
Borne Against all Unbelievers
- Nehemiah 9:30 You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
- Acts 28:25–27 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: …
Borne to Christ in Heaven
- 1 John 5:7 For there are three that testify:
- 1 John 5:11 And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Borne to Christ: As Coming to Redeem and Sanctify
- 1 John 5:6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ — not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
Borne to Christ: As Exalted to be a Prince and Saviour to Give Repentance,
- Acts 5:31–32 God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel. …
Borne to Christ: As Foretold by Himself
- John 15:26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father — He will testify about Me.
Borne to Christ: As Messiah
- Luke 3:22 and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
- John 1:32–33 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. …
Borne to Christ: As Perfecting Saints
- Hebrews 10:14–15 because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified. …
Borne to Christ: On Earth
- 1 John 5:8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood — and these three are in agreement.
Given to Saints: As an Evidence of Adoption
- Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
Given to Saints: As an Evidence of Christ in Them
- 1 John 3:24 Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
Given to Saints: As an Evidence of God in Them
- 1 John 4:13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
Given to Saints: On Believing
- Acts 15:8 And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
- 1 John 5:10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
Given to Saints: To Testify to Them of Christ
- John 15:26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father — He will testify about Me.
The Faithful Preaching of the Apostles Accompanied By
- 1 Corinthians 2:4 My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction — just as you know we lived among you for your sake.
The First Preaching of the Gospel Confirmed By
- Acts 14:3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
- Hebrews 2:4 and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
To be Implicitly Received
- 1 John 5:6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ — not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
- 1 John 5:9 Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.
Related topics
WitnessWitness of the Holy Spirit is TruthVision of John the Baptist
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.