The Spirit is God’s empowerment, and he is given to all believers. This gifting may result in “equality,” although in the context of God’s purposes it is better understood as leading to “inclusion,” since the dominant concern is not individual rights and benefits but God’s grace to all his people, Jew and gentile, male and female. The focus is on what God gives, or perhaps better, the God who gives, and not what people receive. The point is not that God is or should be fair, but that he is merciful and sovereign to give salvation and new life in the Spirit to all who call on the name of the
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