whom He richly poured out upon us 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;
- BSB This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
- NKJV whom He poured out on us abundantly 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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- Joel 2:28“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
- Rom 5:5and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
- Acts 10:45They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.
- Isa 44:3For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
- Ezek 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
- Prov 1:23Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
- John 16:7Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
- John 1:16From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
- Eph 3:8To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Titus 1:4to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
- John 4:10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
- Rom 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
- John 7:37Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
- John 14:16–17I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever, —
- Isa 32:15Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
- Acts 2:33Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.
- Eph 4:2with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
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