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      • Yet without the power of the Holy Spirit, we cannot understand it. In 2 Timothy 3:16 –17, the Apostle Paul says that “all Scripture is God-breathed [sometimes translated “inspired”] and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
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      Why Can the Bible Only Be Understood Through the Spirit?

  2. www.christianity.com › wiki › holy-spiritCould the Disciples Understand Jesus Without the Holy Spirit?

    Jan 11, 2022 · Believers can understand Jesus’ teachings today because we have the Holy Spirit. The indwelling Holy Spirit helps us understand biblical truths ( 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 ). Without the Holy Spirit, it would be extremely difficult to understand many teachings of the Bible.

  3. www.christianity.com › wiki › holy-spiritWhy Can the Bible Only Be Understood Through the Spirit?

    Jan 20, 2021 · In 1 Corinthians 2:14, the Apostle Paul says that “the person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.”

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  5. www.gotquestions.org › guidance-Holy-SpiritHow can I recognize the guidance of the Holy Spirit?

    Jan 4, 2022 · One of the most important ways to recognize the Holy Spirit’s guidance is to be familiar with God’s Word. The Bible is the ultimate source of wisdom about how we should live (2 Timothy 3:16), and believers are to search the Scriptures, meditate on them, and commit them to memory (Joshua 1:8).

  6. www.gotquestions.org › teach-you-all-thingsWhat does it mean that the Holy Spirit will teach you all ...

    Aug 28, 2023 · As the Lord told Israel, “And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws” (Ezekiel 36:27). Without the Holy Spirit enabling us to understand the Bible and God’s commands, we could not understand or obey them.

  7. www.gotquestions.org › receive-Spirit-Acts-19Why had the disciples in Ephesus not received the Holy Spirit ...

    Jan 4, 2022 · If a person does not have the Holy Spirit, then he does not belong to Christ (Romans 8:9). So why is it that these men in Ephesus did not have the Holy Spirit, when it seems that they had believed? The key is that they had not yet believed in Christ.

  8. www.desiringgod.org › messages › how-the-spiritHow the Spirit Helps Us Understand - Desiring God

    In verse 12 Paul is able to understand them because he has received the Spirit. Therefore, a "natural person" is a person who has not received the Spirit. That's why he can't understand "the things of the Spirit of God."

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  10. www.crossway.org › articles › how-the-holy-spiritHow the Holy Spirit Helps Us Read Scripture - Crossway

    Mar 14, 2023 · Christians have always understood that the Bible is Spirit-wrought and God-breathed (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:21). Scripture is inspired or spirated, coming from the Holy Spirit’s work in and through human authors. But the Holy Spirit’s role does not stop with the writing of the texts.