John 16:13: "'When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.'"
Ephesians 4:3-6: "3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit - just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call - 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all."
Romans 8:26: "Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words."
1 Corinthians 12:3: "Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says 'Jesus is accursed!' and no one can say 'Jesus is Lord' except in the Holy Spirit."
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John 16:13 appears in the lines "To God the Holy Spirit let us pray / For the true faith needed on our way" in the first verse. It also seems to appear, along with 1 Corinthians 12:3, in the line "Teach us Jesus Christ to know aright" in the fourth verse.
The passage from Ephesians 4 is the basis for the second verse, especially the lines "That with hearts united we love each other, / Ev'ry stranger, sister, and brother."
Romans 8:26 appears throughout the hymn but particularly in the line "To God the Holy Spirit let us pray" in the first verse and in all of the third verse, which describes "our weakness" ("in our ev'ry need, / Help us... That we may not falter nor courage fail us / When the foe shall taunt and assail us").
