Nathan wrote:

The only word in the Bible that could possibly give a biblical precedent for the use of a masculine pronoun for the Spirit is the word “Paraclete” which is used only in two passages in John’s gospel.

Another’s response:

Of course those passages in John’s Gospel are a vey significant part of the revelation we have been given regarding the Holy Spirit. They represent the main body of our Lord’s teaching on the Spirit. The passages also make a major contribution to our understanding of the personality of the Holy Spirit. As Michael Green writes somewhere: “Jesus transposes the Spirit into a fully personal key.” Among the teaching in John we find our Lord using the masculine pronoun in reference to the Spirit on several occasions (14:26; 15:26; 16:8,13-14). Jn.16:13 is particularly noteworthy: “ekeinos, to pneuma..” – masculine pronoun with neuter noun. There are other occasions when the neuter pronoun is used (eg 14:17). I can’t recall Jesus using the feminine pronoun in reference to the Spirit, but perhaps others can bring such references to our attention.

The Johannine passages provide precedent for the use of the neuter and masculine pronouns in speaking of the Holy Spirit. I make it a habit not to use the neuter pronoun when speaking of the Holy Spirit, because in English “It” is not generally used of persons. Pastorally I have found that people are more likely to develop a relationship with the Holy Spirit when they avoid depersonalising language. If we are to speak of the Spirit in personal terms, in English, we must choose between “He” and “She”. I use “He” because my Lord did. It has nothing to do with being accomodating to “the political correctness of a conservative constituency” or any other constituency for that matter.