Richard Ritenbaugh, focusing on the five parakletos sayings of Christ, affirms that the Holy Spirit is the essence, mind, and power of God and Christ in us, providing us assistance and counsel. Many of the definitions of parakletos, a verbal adjective in the masculine gender, connote distinctive legal or judicial dimensions: advocate, counselor, advisor, intercessor, mediator, or proxy. Many Old Testament figures served in the capacity of an intercessor for others before God. The apostle John, the other Gospel writers, and the apostle Paul emphatically declare that Jesus Christ, the Lord, is our intercessor or parakletos. Jesus describes the function of the Holy Spirit as 1) helper, 2) teacher, 3) witness (proof of Jesus living in us), 4) prosecutor (convicting of sin and prompting to righteousness), and 5) revealer and guide (making God real to us, preparing us for eternal life in God's Family).

Abimelech Abraham's intercession for Sodom Advocate Advisor Allos Another comforter Assistant Christ in us Comforter Counselor Daniel Elencho Grammatical gender Helper Holy Spirit Spirit of truth Job Judicial Kittle Menachim Messiah One called alongside Paraklete Parakletos Proxy Remembrancer Testing of the spirits Verbal adjective in the masculine gender