Joh 20:22-23, Eph 4:8, 11-12, Rev 3:1 | ESV | STEP | And when he had said this , he breathed on them and said to them , Receive the Holy Spirit .

a Gen. 2:7

b[Acts 2:4]; See ch. 7:39

c[Matt. 16:19; 18:18; 1 Cor. 5:4, 5]

dCited from Ps. 68:18

e Judg. 5:12; [Col. 2:15]

g[1 Cor. 12:5, 6]

hSee 1 Cor. 12:28

i Acts 21:8; 2 Tim. 4:5

j Jer. 3:15; [Acts 20:28]

mSee 2 Cor. 13:9

n ver. 16, 29

oSee 1 Cor. 12:27

pSee ch. 1:4, 16

q 1 Tim. 5:6

rSee Luke 15:24

John 20:22-23

22 And when he had said this, he ^abreathed on them and said to them, ^b“Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 ^cIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Ephesians 4:8

8 Therefore it says,

^d“When he ascended on high ^ehe led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.” ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women}

Ephesians 4:11-12

11 And ^ghe gave the ^hapostles, the prophets, the ⁱevangelists, the ^jshepherds ^{▼▼Or pastors} and teachers, ^{▼▼Or the shepherd-teachers} 12 ^mto equip the saints for the work of ministry, for ⁿbuilding up ^othe body of Christ,

Revelation of John 3:1

To the Church in Sardis

1 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him ^pwho has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation ^qof being alive, ^rbut you are dead.