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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Titus 3:6 → Ezekiel 36:27

Allusion

Later text

Titus 3:6BSB

This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Earlier text

Ezekiel 36:27BSB

And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.||

Significance

Paul's statement that God "poured out his Spirit on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior" (hou execheen eph' hēmas plousiōs) echoes Ezekiel 36:27, where God promises "I will put my Spirit within you" as the defining mark of the new covenant. The "pouring out" language also resonates with Joel 2:28-29 (already linked in the vault as Titus 3.6 to Joel 2.28-29). While Joel provides the explicit "pour out" vocabulary, Ezekiel 36:27 provides the covenantal framework: the Spirit is given to produce obedience from the heart, transforming God's people from within. Paul's "through Jesus Christ our Savior" specifies the mediator through whom Ezekiel's promise is fulfilled. The new covenant renewal Ezekiel envisioned — Spirit-indwelling producing genuine holiness — is what Paul declares accomplished in the believer's regeneration.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment

▸ Ezek 36-37 — A New Heart and Dry Bones

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Ezekiel 36-37 — A New Heart and Dry Bones

Titus 3:6 → Ezekiel 36:27

Significance

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