In which passage is the Holy Spirit described as our advocate within, who prayed in us, inspiring our petitions through Christ to God?

In which passage is the Holy Spirit described as our advocate within, who prayed in us, inspiring our petitions through Christ to God?

• A. Romans 5:8
• B. Romans 7:25
• C. Romans 8:26-27
• D. Galatians 5:25

Answer: (C)

The passage tested is about the Holy Spirit acting as an internal advocate who intercedes for believers in prayer. It explains that when we are weak and don’t know what to pray for, the Spirit himself helps us by interceding with groanings too deep for words. God, who searches the hearts, knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to God’s will. This shows the Spirit praying within us and aligning our petitions with God’s will, a participation that complements Christ’s mediation—so prayers offered in this Spirit-led way flow to God through Christ. Other passages focus on different aspects of the Spirit or salvation—love demonstrated, struggle under the law, or living by the Spirit—without describing the Spirit as the internal intercessor who prays in us for God.

The passage tested is about the Holy Spirit acting as an internal advocate who intercedes for believers in prayer. It explains that when we are weak and don’t know what to pray for, the Spirit himself helps us by interceding with groanings too deep for words. God, who searches the hearts, knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to God’s will. This shows the Spirit praying within us and aligning our petitions with God’s will, a participation that complements Christ’s mediation—so prayers offered in this Spirit-led way flow to God through Christ.

Other passages focus on different aspects of the Spirit or salvation—love demonstrated, struggle under the law, or living by the Spirit—without describing the Spirit as the internal intercessor who prays in us for God.