Joel 2:28-32

New King James Version

God’s Spirit Poured Out

²⁸“And^(A) it shall come to pass afterward
That ^(B)I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
^(C)Your sons and your ^(D)daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
²⁹And also on My ^(E)menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

³⁰“And ^(F)I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
³¹^(G)The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
^(H)Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
³²And it shall come to pass
That ^(I)whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be ^[a]saved.
For ^(J)in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be ^[b]deliverance,
As the Lord has said,
Among ^(K)the remnant whom the Lord calls.

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Footnotes

Joel 2:32 Or delivered
Joel 2:32 Or salvation

Romans 8:1-17

New King James Version

Free from Indwelling Sin

8 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, ^(A)who^[a] do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. ²For ^(B)the law of ^(C)the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from ^(D)the law of sin and death. ³For ^(E)what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, ^(F)God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who ^(G)do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵For ^(H)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, ^(I)the things of the Spirit. ⁶For ^(J)to be ^[b]carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ⁷Because ^(K)the ^[c]carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, ^(L)nor indeed can be. ⁸So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. ¹⁰And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹But if the Spirit of ^(M)Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, ^(N)He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ^[d]through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Sonship Through the Spirit

¹²^(O)Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For ^(P)if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you ^(Q)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For ^(R)as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. ¹⁵For ^(S)you did not receive the spirit of bondage again ^(T)to fear, but you received the ^(U)Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ^(V)“Abba,^[e] Father.” ¹⁶^(W)The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then ^(X)heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, ^(Y)if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.