There are fears that hit like a sudden wave.

You’re going about your day, and then something triggers it: a memory of a sin, a relapse, an angry outburst, a season of prayerlessness, a coldness in worship, a moment where your heart felt oddly unmoved by something that used to move you. And without warning, the thought lands in your mind like a stone:

“What if the Holy Spirit has left me?”

Sometimes it’s not even a single moment. It’s an entire season where God feels far. Scripture feels flat. Prayer feels mechanical. You start searching your emotions for “proof” that God is near—like someone checking their pulse every few minutes, terrified that the silence means something is terribly wrong.

If that’s you, I want you to hear this clearly before we unpack anything else:

This topic is not just theological.
It’s personal.
It’s tender.
And it matters.

Because fear about the Holy Spirit is rarely only about the Holy Spirit.

It’s about security.
It’s about belonging.
It’s about whether God is still holding you when you don’t feel held.

And it’s also about what you believe God is like when you fail.

So let’s slow down and work through this like a faithful friend would—not rushing, not scolding, not ignoring the seriousness of sin, but also not pretending that God’s grace is fragile.

This article will answer three major questions in depth:

1. How do I know if I truly have the Holy Spirit?

2. Can a Christian lose the Holy Spirit—can He leave?

3. What should I do when I’m terrified I grieved Him beyond repair?

Along the way, we’ll also address what many people really mean when they ask, “Has the Spirit left?”—because sometimes the issue is not your salvation, but your assurance; not His absence, but your exhaustion; not His leaving, but your numbness.

Let’s begin with what Scripture actually says, not what fear imagines.

What the Bible Says Happens When You Believe in Jesus

A lot of confusion disappears when you understand what God says He does at the moment of genuine faith.

The NET Bible states it plainly:

“And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation)—when you believed in Christ—you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.”
— Ephesians 1:13–14 (NET)

This is not poetic fluff. It’s doctrinal truth.

Paul describes a sequence:

• You hear the gospel.

• You believe in Christ.

• God marks you with a seal: the promised Holy Spirit.

• That seal is a down payment (a guarantee).

• It lasts until redemption—until God completes what He began.

That means if you’re in Christ, the Spirit is not a decorative add-on. The Spirit is part of what it means to belong to Jesus.

When Christians fear, “I caused Him to leave,” they often assume God’s commitment is as unstable as their emotions.

But Ephesians says something different: the Spirit is God’s seal and God’s guarantee.

“But I Don’t Feel Him…” — Why This Fear Is So Common

Let’s talk about the real-world reason so many believers panic about this.

For many Christians, assurance has been taught as an experience instead of a promise.

So when the experience dips, the certainty collapses.

Common triggers:

• A repeat sin you promised you’d never do again

• A season where prayer feels dry

• Shame after something you said or watched or hid

• A harsh thought: “Real Christians don’t struggle like this”

• A sermon that emphasizes holiness without grounding security

• Anxiety or depression that dulls emotion

• Religious trauma that trained you to expect abandonment

And if you have an anxious temperament, you may interpret every spiritual “quietness” as spiritual disaster.

But here’s the critical truth:

The Holy Spirit is not measured primarily by sensation.
He is known by Scripture, fruit, direction, confession, and endurance.

Yes, God can make His presence felt, and that is a gift.
But the Spirit’s indwelling is not proven by goosebumps.

If feelings were the foundation, you’d never have stability—because feelings are weather, not bedrock.

So we need better questions than “Do I feel Him today?”

We need questions Scripture actually answers, like:

• Do I belong to Christ?

• Do I confess Jesus as Lord?

• Is there any spiritual life in me at all?

• Is there any desire for God—however small?

• Is sin comfortable, or is it contested?

The Key Difference That Changes Everything: Indwelling vs. Filling

Many Christians confuse two biblical realities:

The Spirit’s Indwelling
This is His permanent residence in the believer.

The Spirit’s Filling
This is His active influence and empowerment in the believer’s daily life.

When you say, “I think the Spirit left me,” you may actually mean:

• “I don’t feel empowered.”

• “I don’t feel joy.”

• “I feel spiritually dull.”

• “I don’t sense closeness.”

• “I feel conviction less intensely.”

Those struggles can be real.

But they do not automatically mean the Spirit vacated your soul.

Jesus described the Spirit’s relationship to believers with language that is hard to misread:

“Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth… But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.”
— John 14:16–17 (NET)

Forever is not a small word.

If Jesus is truthful—and He is—then the Spirit’s covenant presence in believers is not fragile.

So what do we do with verses about grieving the Spirit?

We take them seriously—without turning them into panic fuel.

What It Means to “Grieve” the Holy Spirit (And What It Doesn’t Mean)

Ephesians also warns:

“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”
— Ephesians 4:30 (NET)

Two truths sit in the same sentence:

1. Believers can grieve the Holy Spirit.

2. Believers are sealed until redemption.

Grieving is relational language.
You only grieve someone who is near, who loves, who is invested.

To “grieve” the Spirit does not mean you’ve ejected Him like a tenant whose lease is canceled.

It means your sin is not neutral. It wounds fellowship. It dulls spiritual sensitivity. It disrupts intimacy.

Think about it like this:

If you lie to your spouse, you don’t cease to be married.
But the closeness changes until repentance restores fellowship.

Likewise, sin does real damage. But Scripture places that warning inside the security of sealing.

So your fear should lead you to repentance, not despair.

Because despair is not repentance. Despair is resignation.

And resignation is one of the enemy’s favorite substitutes for genuine turning back to God.

“How Do I Know If I Truly Have the Holy Spirit?” — The Bible’s Concrete Markers

Let’s get extremely practical. Here are biblical markers that move beyond “I feel” into “What does Scripture say about spiritual life?”

1) You Confess Jesus as Lord (Not Perfectly, But Truly)

The NET Bible says:

“No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit.”
— 1 Corinthians 12:3 (NET)

This is not about repeating words like a password.

It’s about heart-level confession: a real acknowledgment that Jesus is who He says He is, and you are not your own.

If you genuinely believe Jesus is Lord and you rely on Him, that is evidence of the Spirit’s work.

2) Sin Is Not Settled Peacefully in You

This might surprise you, but one of the clearest signs of spiritual life is not the absence of struggle.

It’s the presence of struggle.

When the Spirit lives in you, you can still sin—but you won’t be able to make peace with it forever.

Even if you suppress conviction for a while, something in you remains unsettled. Eventually, you feel the pull back.

That “pull back” is often the Spirit’s mercy.

It may show up as discomfort, sorrow, heaviness, restlessness, or a longing for restoration.

That’s not proof you’re fake.

That’s often proof you’re alive.

3) You Have Any Desire for God at All (Even Small and Weak)

Desire matters.

Not the kind of desire that always feels strong, but the kind that refuses to die completely.

Even if all you can say is:
“God, I want to want You,”
that is often a sign of spiritual life.

Because spiritual death is marked by indifference.

4) You Experience Some Form of Conviction or Correction Over Time

Conviction isn’t always instant. Sometimes it comes later.

Sometimes you sin, feel numb, and then days later a verse comes to mind. Or your conscience awakens. Or you feel sorrow.

That delayed conviction is still conviction.

The Spirit is not a machine that produces identical emotional outputs on every sin.

He is a Person—wise, holy, patient, and purposeful.

5) The Trajectory of Your Life (Not the Snapshot) Shows Change

This is huge for SEO and for your soul:

Many believers evaluate their salvation like a courtroom verdict based on one bad day.

But Scripture often points to endurance and fruit over time.

Not perfection. Not constant victory. But direction.

If your life—even slowly—moves toward Christ, that is evidence of the Spirit’s sanctifying work.

Why You Might Not “Feel” the Spirit Even If You Have Him

If you’re trying to rank on Google, you need to answer user intent deeply.

A massive portion of searchers are asking this question because they feel one of these:

• numb

• dry

• anxious

• spiritually cold

• exhausted

• ashamed

• afraid

So let’s address the most common reasons believers feel distant from God without assuming the Spirit has left.

1) You’re Confusing Emotional Numbness With Spiritual Absence

Depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and chronic stress can flatten emotion.

You may still believe. You may still pray. But you feel nothing.

That doesn’t equal abandonment.

It often equals exhaustion.

Your nervous system can’t always produce the emotional “signal” you want.

But God is not limited by your emotional bandwidth.

2) You’re Living With Unconfessed Sin (And Your Heart Is Growing Calloused)

Yes, sometimes the dryness is connected to sin—not because the Spirit left, but because sin dulls sensitivity.

Repeated sin can train your heart to tune out conviction.

That’s why Scripture warns us not to harden our hearts.

But even then, the solution is not “I’m doomed.”

The solution is repentance and returning.

3) You’ve Turned Assurance Into Self-Inspection Instead of Christ-Inspection

Some Christians spend hours scanning themselves like a spiritual medical chart:

• “Did I pray enough?”

• “Did I mean it enough?”

• “Was I sincere enough?”

• “Was that thought proof I’m not saved?”

This is spiritual OCD for many.

But the gospel doesn’t tell you to stare at yourself until you feel secure.

It tells you to look to Christ.

When assurance collapses into obsession, the issue is often not the Spirit’s departure but the mind’s fixation.

4) You Believe a Lie About God’s Character

Here’s one of the biggest hidden drivers of this fear:

Some people believe God is eager to leave.

Like He’s standing at the door with His hand on the knob, waiting for you to mess up one more time.

But Jesus describes the Spirit as an Advocate—given by the Father—who will be with you forever.

That sounds less like a God looking for an excuse to abandon you and more like a God committed to finishing what He started.

Can the Holy Spirit Leave a Believer? A Clear Biblical Framework

Let’s say it plainly, because Google rankings reward clarity:

According to the New Testament, the Holy Spirit permanently indwells believers and seals them until the day of redemption.

We already saw John 14:16–17 and Ephesians 1:13–14 and Ephesians 4:30.

Add Romans 8’s logic: if you belong to Christ, the Spirit is part of what defines you as His.

So why do some Christians believe the Spirit can leave?

Usually because of:

• Old Testament passages (Saul) without covenant distinction

• Misunderstanding “grieve” and “quench”

• Intense fear after serious sin

• Teaching that salvation is maintained by performance

• Personal experiences of dryness interpreted as abandonment

Now, seriousness matters.

You can grieve the Spirit deeply.
You can quench spiritual responsiveness.
You can damage your conscience.
You can live in a way that invites discipline.

But none of that requires the conclusion: “He left me.”

Often it requires a better conclusion:
“I need to repent and return to closeness.”

What If I’ve Sinned Horribly? (The “I Went Too Far” Fear)

Some readers aren’t worried because of small daily failures.

They’re worried because something happened that feels bigger:

• sexual sin you hid

• pornography addiction

• an affair

• a season of partying and rebellion

• bitterness you nurtured for years

• occult involvement

• blasphemous intrusive thoughts

• walking away from church

• anger that turned abusive

• deception that harmed people

And you think:

“Surely I crossed a line.”

Let’s address this honestly:

Sin is serious.
The Spirit is holy.
God disciplines His children.
We should tremble at sin.

But also:

The gospel is stronger than your worst chapter.

When you read the New Testament, you do not see a message of “Don’t mess up or God will abandon you.”

You see a message of “Repent and come home.”

The difference between a hardened heart and a living one is not “never fell.”

It’s whether you return.

How to Discern if Your Fear Is Conviction or Condemnation

This is not just devotional language. It’s crucial for readers.

The NET Bible says:

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
— Romans 8:1 (NET)

So what’s the difference?

Conviction (from the Spirit)

• Specific: points to a real sin

• Hopeful: invites repentance

• Restoring: draws you back to God

• Honest: leads to confession

• Transforming: produces fruit over time

Condemnation (accusation)

• Vague: “You’re fake. You’re done.”

• Hopeless: “There’s no point.”

• Crushing: makes you hide

• Obsessive: loops endlessly without repentance

• Identity-attacking: “God hates you.”

If what you’re feeling drives you toward confession and Christ, it aligns with conviction.

If it drives you to despair and distance, it aligns with condemnation.

“But What If I Don’t Feel Convicted?” (The Numbness Problem)

This deserves its own deep section because it’s highly searched.

Sometimes people say:

“I sinned and felt nothing. That terrifies me.”

Here are biblically grounded reasons this can happen without proving you don’t have the Spirit:

1) Repetition Can Desensitize Your Conscience

When you do the same sin repeatedly, the emotional “alarm” can weaken.

That doesn’t mean the Spirit left.

It may mean you’ve trained yourself to ignore Him.

The solution is not panic. The solution is honest repentance and consistent obedience until sensitivity returns.

2) Shame Can Numb You
Some people aren’t unconvicted. They’re shut down.

Shame says, “You’re disgusting.”

When shame dominates, it can disconnect you from healthy conviction.

3) You May Be Expecting One Particular Feeling
Some believers think conviction must feel like intense sorrow, tears, or dread.

But conviction can also show up as:

• a quiet awareness

• a restlessness

• a thought: “I need to make this right”

• a verse resurfacing

• a desire to stop hiding

4) God May Be Leading You Into Mature Repentance
Sometimes we chase feelings because we think they prove sincerity.

But biblical repentance is not “I felt awful.”

Biblical repentance is:

• confession

• turning

• obedience

• dependence on grace

You can repent sincerely even if your emotions are muted.

The Holy Spirit’s Role in a Believer’s Life (So You Know What to Look For)

To know if you have the Spirit, you need to know what He actually does.

Here are core New Testament patterns:

The Spirit makes you alive to God
Jesus said you must be born from above (John 3). New life is spiritual life.

The Spirit points you to Jesus
The Spirit magnifies Christ, not self.

The Spirit produces fruit over time
Love, joy, peace, etc. (Galatians 5). Fruit grows, not flashes.

The Spirit helps you fight sin
Not always instantly victorious, but engaged.

The Spirit helps you pray
Even when prayer feels weak, you return.

The Spirit convicts and corrects
Sometimes quietly. Sometimes strongly.

The Spirit gives endurance
Not a perfect sprint, but you keep coming back.

A person without the Spirit may still be religious.

But a person with the Spirit experiences something deeper than religious performance: a gravitational pull toward Christ.

A Deep, Practical Self-Assessment (Without Spiraling Into Fear)

Let’s do a grounded checklist that won’t feed obsession.

Read these slowly and answer honestly:

Gospel Foundation Questions

• Do I believe Jesus died for my sins and rose again?

• Am I relying on Christ, not my goodness, to be right with God?

• When I think of salvation, do I think “Jesus saved me” or “I must keep saving myself”?

Heart Direction Questions

• Do I desire God at least sometimes?

• Do I want sin to be gone even if I still struggle?

• Do I return to God after I fall, or do I run away permanently?

Fruit and Trajectory Questions

• Over time, is there any growth in humility, honesty, love, self-control?

• Do I increasingly hate what sin does to me and others?

• Is there any pattern of repentance—not perfection, but return?

If your answers show dependence on Christ and a returning heart, that aligns strongly with the Spirit’s presence.

What To Do Right Now If You’re Afraid the Spirit Left

This is where content becomes truly helpful—and rankable—because it provides a step-by-step response.

Here’s what to do, biblically and practically, without theatrics.

Step 1 — Speak to God With Plain Honesty
Not religious speech. Not polished prayer. Just truth.

“God, I’m scared. I feel far. I don’t know what’s happening in me.”

God is not offended by your honesty.

Step 2 — Confess Any Known Sin Specifically

General confession can keep you vague and stuck.

Name what needs naming:

• “I lied.”

• “I watched what I shouldn’t.”

• “I lashed out.”

• “I nurtured bitterness.”

Confession isn’t informing God. It’s agreeing with God.

Step 3 — Renounce the Lie That God Abandons His Children
Your feelings are loud, but Scripture is louder.

Return to the promise of sealing and the Spirit’s abiding presence.

Step 4 — Take One Concrete Step of Obedience
Feelings often follow obedience, not the other way around.

One step could be:

• deleting a trigger

• apologizing

• asking for accountability

• turning off a source of temptation

• opening Scripture for ten minutes

• attending worship even when numb

Step 5 — Replace Isolation With Community
Fear grows in the dark.

A mature believer, pastor, or trusted friend can help you interpret your season wisely instead of catastrophically.

“What If I Keep Falling?” — The Difference Between Struggle and Rebellion

This question is huge for search intent.

Many readers confuse ongoing struggle with being unsaved.

Here’s a helpful distinction:

Struggle

• You fall and you hate it

• You confess

• You return

• You seek help

• You want change

Rebellion

• You sin and justify it

• You refuse repentance

• You don’t want God’s authority

• You harden your heart

• You mock conviction

If you’re terrified, grieving, seeking, returning—that aligns far more with struggle than rebellion.

Why This Topic Requires Both Comfort and Warning

Ranking content isn’t only “comfort them.” It’s also truthful.

So let’s say both:

Comfort
If you have trusted Christ, the Spirit’s seal is not something you casually break with a bad day.

Warning
If a person persists in hardened unbelief and rejects Christ, they should not presume safety.

The Bible holds both:

• confidence in God’s preserving grace

• seriousness about perseverance and repentance

But the person reading this with trembling concern is usually not the hardened mocker.

The hardened heart rarely worries.

What About “Quenching” the Spirit?

Some readers say, “I quenched Him.”

Quenching often means suppressing the Spirit’s influence—ignoring promptings, resisting conviction, refusing obedience.

That can lead to dryness.

But again: dryness is not the same as departure.

When you stop responding to the Spirit, your heart becomes less responsive.

The remedy is to start responding again.

You don’t fix “quenching” by despairing.

You fix it by returning to obedience.

The Most Important Shift for Assurance: Stop Trying to Feel Saved

This is the content core many blogs miss.

Assurance is not primarily a feeling. It’s a conclusion drawn from God’s promises.

If you base assurance on feelings, you’ll always be unstable.

If you base assurance on Christ’s work and God’s word, you gain steadiness even in emotional storms.

This is where Romans 8:1 matters:

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
— Romans 8:1 (NET)

Notice the ground: in Christ.

Not “in my emotional certainty.”
Not “in my perfect record.”
Not “in my spiritual highs.”

In Christ.

A Long-Form Illustration

Imagine a child learning to walk.

They take a few steps, fall, cry, get up, wobble, fall again.

A good father doesn’t say:
“You fell again? You must not be my child.”

He says:
“Come here. Let me help you. Try again.”

Now imagine that child, after falling, thinks:
“My dad left. He’s done with me.”

But the father is still there, arms open, patient, committed.

That is closer to the New Testament picture of sanctification than the fear-based model many believers live under.

God’s holiness is real.
Sin matters.
But the Father’s commitment to His children is also real.

The Spirit is not a revolving door.

What If My Past Includes Serious Spiritual Confusion or False Religion?

Some readers fear they never truly believed.

Maybe you grew up around church but never knew Christ.

Maybe you prayed prayers but relied on works.

Maybe you were baptized but never converted.

So you wonder: “Do I have the Spirit, or am I just religious?”

Here’s a clarifying question:

Are you trusting Christ now?

Not “Did you have a perfect conversion experience?”

But right now:

• Do you believe the gospel?

• Are you relying on Jesus to save you?

• Are you willing to yield to Him as Lord?

Ephesians 1:13 grounds the Spirit’s sealing in hearing and believing the gospel.

That means assurance is not found in replaying your past like a courtroom tape.

It’s found in trusting Christ in the present.

How to Pray When You’re Terrified the Spirit Left

This helps voice-search and reader engagement.

Here are three simple prayers you can include in your blog to increase time-on-page and usefulness:

Prayer for Honesty
“Father, I’m scared. I feel far. I don’t want to pretend. Please search my heart and lead me in truth.”

Prayer for Repentance
“Lord Jesus, I confess my sin. I turn from it. I need Your grace, not excuses. Help me walk in obedience.”

Prayer for Assurance
“Holy Spirit, remind me of Christ. Anchor me in the promises of God. Help me trust Your Word more than my feelings.”

What If I Don’t Sense the Spirit in Worship or Scripture?

This is one of the most searched angles.

Here are reasons that don’t equal abandonment:

• burnout and overwork

• unprocessed grief

• spiritual overconsumption (sermons constantly, but no quiet obedience)

• hidden sin

• anxiety that makes you hyper-monitor feelings

• unrealistic expectations of constant spiritual intensity

Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is return to basics:

• read Scripture slowly, not endlessly

• pray honestly, not impressively

• obey in one small area today

• worship in community even when you feel nothing

• confess quickly instead of hiding

Over time, sensitivity often returns.

The Strongest Assurance Passages

You said “only NET Bible versions,” so here are cornerstone references you can weave throughout your content (quoted earlier or paraphrased carefully):

• John 14:16–17 (Spirit with you forever; will be in you)

• Ephesians 1:13–14 (sealed; down payment; until redemption)

• Ephesians 4:30 (do not grieve; sealed for redemption)

• Romans 8:1 (no condemnation in Christ)

• 1 Corinthians 12:3 (confession of Jesus as Lord by the Spirit)

These are high-authority passages for the query cluster and they match search intent.

FAQ Section

How do I know if I truly have the Holy Spirit?
You can know you have the Holy Spirit if you have genuinely believed the gospel and trusted in Jesus Christ. Scripture teaches that when you believe in Christ you are sealed with the promised Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13–14). Common signs include confessing Jesus as Lord, experiencing conviction over sin, desiring God, and showing spiritual growth over time.

Can the Holy Spirit leave a Christian?
Jesus taught that the Holy Spirit would be with believers forever (John 14:16–17). The New Testament also says believers are sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30). While believers can grieve the Spirit through sin, Scripture does not teach that the Spirit abandons those who truly belong to Christ.

What does it mean to grieve the Holy Spirit?
Grieving the Holy Spirit means causing relational sorrow through sin and disobedience (Ephesians 4:30). It affects closeness and fellowship with God, often producing spiritual dryness, but it is not the same as losing salvation or the Spirit’s indwelling presence.

I’m scared the Holy Spirit left me—does that mean I’m not saved?
Not necessarily. Many true believers experience fear, dryness, and doubt. Scripture roots assurance in Christ and God’s promises, not feelings. If you are turning to God, longing for restoration, and trusting Christ, that concern itself often reflects spiritual sensitivity rather than abandonment.

Why don’t I feel the Holy Spirit anymore?
You may feel distant from God due to unconfessed sin, emotional exhaustion, anxiety, depression, burnout, or spiritual numbness. Lack of strong feelings is not proof that the Spirit has left. The Holy Spirit’s presence is promised to believers, and closeness is often restored through confession, obedience, and returning to Scripture and prayer consistently.

What are the signs that the Holy Spirit lives in you?
Signs include genuine confession that Jesus is Lord (1 Corinthians 12:3), conviction over sin, desire for God, growth in spiritual fruit over time, and a pattern of returning to Christ after failure. The Spirit’s work is often seen in direction and transformation rather than constant emotional intensity.

What should I do if I think I grieved the Holy Spirit?
Confess your sin honestly to God, turn from it, and take practical steps of obedience. Ask God to restore closeness and renew your sensitivity. Ephesians 4:30 warns believers not to grieve the Spirit, but the same verse also says believers are sealed for the day of redemption, meaning repentance leads to restoration rather than despair.

Is lack of conviction a sign you don’t have the Spirit?
Not always. Conviction can be quiet, delayed, or dulled by repeated sin and shame. What matters is whether you ultimately respond to God’s truth by turning back to Him. Persistent indifference toward sin is more concerning than a believer’s struggle or season of numbness.

How can I have assurance of salvation when I feel anxious?
Assurance grows when you anchor your confidence in God’s promises rather than your feelings. Scripture says there is no condemnation for those in Christ (Romans 8:1), believers are sealed with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13–14), and the Spirit remains forever (John 14:16–17). Anxiety may fluctuate, but God’s Word remains stable.

Final Word (For the Reader Who Is Still Scared)

If you truly belong to Christ, you are not held by your emotional steadiness.

You are held by God’s promise.

And Jesus said the Spirit will be with you forever.

So if you’re scared, don’t let fear become your theology.

Let Scripture be your anchor:

“Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth…”
— John 14:16–17 (NET)

“…when you believed in Christ—you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit… until the redemption of God’s own possession…”
— Ephesians 1:13–14 (NET)

“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”
— Ephesians 4:30 (NET)