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Intelligent beings which exist separately from bodies. God is spirit and he has given human beings a spiritual entity. He has also created a realm of spiritual beings—some have remained good, others have become evil. Evil spirits seek to control and destroy people, but Jesus Christ has the victory over them.
Jn 4:24 See also Ge 1:2; Job 33:4; Rev 1:4 fn; Rev 3:1 fn; Rev 4:5 fn; Rev 5:6 fn
The spirit of human beings Pr 20:27 See also Job 32:8; Ecc 12:7; Lk 8:55; Lk 23:46; Jn 3:6; Ac 7:59; Jas 2:26
The spirits of the dead Isa 26:14 See also Pr 2:18; Isa 14:9; Heb 12:23
Angels Heb 1:14 See also Jdg 6:21-22; Jdg 13:20-21; Zec 6:5; Ac 23:8
Satan Job 1:6 See also Job 2:1; 2Co 11:14; Eph 6:11-12
Demons Rev 16:13-14 See also Lk 6:18; Lk 7:21; Ac 23:8; 1Pe 3:19; Rev 18:2
As instruments of punishment 1Sa 16:14 See also Jdg 9:23; 1Sa 18:10; 1Sa 19:9; 1Ki 22:20-22 pp 2Ch 18:19-21
As instruments of testing to inspire faith in believers 1Pe 5:8-9 See also Job 1:8-12,22; Job 2:3-6,10; Mt 4:1 pp Mk 1:13 pp Lk 4:2; Jas 4:7-8
Possession by spirits Mk 9:17-18 pp Lk 9:39 See also Mt 8:28 pp Lk 8:27; Mt 15:22 pp Mk 7:25; Mk 1:23 pp Lk 4:33
Casting out spirits Mt 8:16 pp Mk 1:34 pp Lk 4:40 See also Mt 12:28 pp Lk 11:20; Mt 17:18 pp Mk 9:25-26 pp Lk 9:42; Ac 5:16; Ac 8:7
Consultation with spirits forbidden Dt 18:10-11 See also Lev 19:31; Lev 20:6; 1Sa 28:8-9; 2Ki 21:6 pp 2Ch 33:6; Isa 8:19; Isa 19:3
1Jn 4:1 See also 1Co 12:10; 1Jn 4:2-6
Col 2:10 See also Mk 1:24-27,34 pp Lk 4:41; Lk 4:33-36; Lk 10:17-19; Col 2:15
1225 | God as Spirit |
2012 | Christ, authority |
3010 | God, the Holy Spirit |
4110 | angels |
4120 | Satan |
4130 | demons |
4165 | exorcism |
4190 | spiritism |
5062 | spirit |
8228 | discernment, examples |
8734 | evil |
8832 | testing |