What does the Bible say about filling of the holy spirit?
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The Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit graciously indwells every true believer and continually fills them for holy living, witness, love, and service. Ephesians 5:18 calls Christians to be filled with the Spirit rather than controlled by worldly substitutes, a continuing dependence expressed in worship, gratitude, and mutual submission. Acts 4:31 shows that God may freshly strengthen His people with boldness, while Acts 1:8 connects the Spirit's power with gospel witness. The Spirit is given through union with Christ, not earned by spiritual effort, as Romans 8:9 and 1 Corinthians 12:13 affirm. His filling produces the fruit of Christlike character described in Galatians 5:16 and 5:22, and pours God's love into believers' hearts (Romans 5:5).
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- Ephesians 5:18
Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
- Acts 4:31
When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
- Galatians 5:16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.
- Romans 5:5
and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.
- Romans 8:9
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
- Acts 9:17
Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
- Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."
- John 14:16
I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,--
- Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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