Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
Parallel translations
- WEB And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.
- KJV And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
- NKJV And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
- NASB “And even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
- NLT In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on servants—men and women alike.
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Quick answer
God will pour out His Spirit even on male and female servants. The Spirit's outpouring crosses every social barrier.
Overview
Joel extends the promise to servants and handmaids, the lowest in social standing, showing that the Spirit will be given without regard to class or status. This inclusion underscores the breadth of the new covenant blessing fulfilled at Pentecost. In Christ, the gift of the Spirit reaches all who believe, for there is no distinction in the grace God pours out (Galatians 3:28).
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Cross-references · 3
- 1 Cor 12:13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
- Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Col 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
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The promised outpouring of the Spirit on all flesh and the call to 'everyone who calls on the name of the LORD' are fulfilled at Pentecost in the name of Jesus.
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