This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
Parallel translations
- WEB whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;
- KJV Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
- NKJV whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
- NASB whom He richly poured out upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior,
- NLT He generously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior.
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Quick answer
God poured out the Holy Spirit on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior. It matters because the Spirit's renewing work flows abundantly to believers through Christ.
Overview
Continuing from verse 5, Paul describes the Spirit being 'poured out on us richly,' echoing Pentecost's lavish gift. This outpouring comes 'through Jesus Christ,' showing the Son as the channel of the Spirit. All three Persons of the Trinity are at work in this salvation: the Father saves, through the Son, by the Spirit.
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Cross-references · 17
- Joel 2:28And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- Rom 5:5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
- Acts 10:45All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
- Isa 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Ezek 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Prov 1:23If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
- John 16:7But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
- John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
- Eph 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Titus 1:4To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
- John 4:10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- Rom 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- John 14:16–17And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
- Isa 32:15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
- Acts 2:33Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
- Eph 4:2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
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