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Spirit
The Lord says: “My people,
I promise to give you my Spirit
and my message.
These will be my gifts to you
and your families forever.
I, the Lord, have spoken.”
—Contemporary English Version
God’s promise here recalls both His covenant with the Hebrew people and the commissioning of His prophets (see example in Genesis 17:7). Paul cites this prophecy to assure Jewish Christians that although Gentiles have been welcomed into the community of faith, God still upholds His commitment to Israel (see Romans 11:26, 27).
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Resources quoted in this issue
GT: from the Contemporary English Version, copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by permission; Radmacher, Earl D., Allen, Ronald Barclay, and House, H. Wayne. The NKJV Study Bible. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007.
RR: Laymon, Charles M. The Interpreter’s One-Volume Commentary on the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1971; Radmacher, Earl D., Allen, Ronald Barclay, and House, H. Wayne. The NKJV Study Bible. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007; Eiselen, Frederick Carl., Lewis, Edwin, and Downey, David G., eds. The Abingdon Bible Commentary. New York: Abingdon Press, 1929; from The Message, copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Cit. 13: Buttrick, George Arthur, Harmon, Nolan B., et al., eds. The Interpreter’s Bible: A Commentary in Twelve Volumes. Vol. 10, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians. Nashville: Abingdon, 1951–57.
Cit. 20: France, R. T. The Gospel of Matthew. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2007.
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