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And again, if the impious say, How will there not
be three Gods and three Persons, on the supposition that they have one
and the same divinity?—we shall reply: Just because God is
the Cause and Father of the Son; and this Son is the image and
offspring of the Father, and not His brother; and the Spirit in like
manner is the Spirit of God, as it is written, “God is a
Spirit.”
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And in
earlier times we have this declaration from the prophet David:
“By the word of the Lord were the heavens stablished, and all the
power of them by the breath (spirit) of His mouth.”
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And in the beginning of the book of
the creation
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it is written
thus: “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters.”
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And Paul in
his Epistle to the Romans says: “But ye are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in
you.”
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And again he
says: “But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from
the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall
also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in
you.”
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And
again: “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we
cry, Abba, Father.”
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And again: “I say the
truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in
the Holy Ghost.”
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And again: “Now the God
of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may
abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Ghost.”
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John iv. 24
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Ps. xxxiii. 6
.
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Κοσμοποιΐας
.
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Gen. i. 2
.
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Rom. viii. 9
.
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Rom. viii. 11
.
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Rom. viii. 14, 15
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Rom. ix. 1
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Rom. xv. 13
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