Did you mix up your phraseology in the second sentence? {OK, that was changed}

As for his personality, he is spoken of frequently as "he" and not as "it", when "pneuma" is neuter, and grammatically should take a neuter pronoun, but instead we find the masculine, specifically in Jn 16:13&14, which is probably the clearest grammatical expression. Eph. 1:14, another unmistakable use of the masculine pronoun.

Furthermore, he exhibits personal characteristics, e.g.: grief, outrage, joy, speech, prayer, volition, discrimination.

He is accorded Divinity in his own right:
2Co 3:17-18 "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit." (cf. Mt 28:19)

That's two three arguments for his personality.

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