St Paul\u27s Use of the Word πΝΕΥΜΑ

No one who studies the writings of St. Paul for any length of time can fail to note the frequent recurrence of this word and the importance which attaches to a correct understanding of its various shades of meaning. It occurs 149 times in the thirteen letters commonly ascribed to Paul, and, while there is in a study of Paul\u27s conception of ηνε̂υμα a rich supply of material for investigation alike by the philosopher, the philologist, and the theologian, it is in the last field that its greatest value lies. Without a correct understanding of what Paul meant by the word spirit , it is almost impossible to really understand how he thought of man as a lost and condemned creature regenerated by the working of God and living a new life by means of the power imparted to him in this regeneration. In short, Paul’s whole anthropology and his doctrines of regeneration and sanctification depend upon a correct understanding of this word