Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. New Living Translation and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us. English Standard Version and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. Berean Standard Bible placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come. Berean Literal Bible the One also having sealed us and having given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts. King James Bible Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. New King James Version who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. New American Standard Bible who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. NASB 1995 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. NASB 1977 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. Legacy Standard Bible who also sealed us and gave the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts. Amplified Bible it is He who has also put His seal on us [that is, He has appropriated us and certified us as His] and has given us the [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as a pledge [like a security deposit to guarantee the fulfillment of His promise of eternal life]. Christian Standard Bible He has also put his seal on us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. Holman Christian Standard Bible He has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts. American Standard Version who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he has sealed us and he has given the down payment of his Spirit into our hearts. Contemporary English Version and put his Spirit in our hearts to show that we belong only to him. Douay-Rheims Bible Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts. English Revised Version who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. GOD'S WORD® Translation In addition, he has put his seal [of ownership] on us and has given us the Spirit as his guarantee. Good News Translation who has placed his mark of ownership upon us, and who has given us the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the guarantee of all that he has in store for us. International Standard Version who has placed his seal on us and has given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. Literal Standard Version who also sealed us, and gave the deposit of the Spirit in our hearts. Majority Standard Bible placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come. New American Bible he has also put his seal upon us and given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment. NET Bible who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. New Revised Standard Version by putting his seal on us and giving us his Spirit in our hearts as a first installment. New Heart English Bible who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts. Webster's Bible Translation Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts. Weymouth New Testament and He has also set His seal upon us, and has put His Spirit into our hearts as a pledge and foretaste of future blessing. World English Bible who also sealed us and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts. Young's Literal Translation who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Paul's Change of Plans…21Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us, 22 placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come. 23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.… Cross References Ezekiel 9:4 "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem," said the LORD, "and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there." John 3:33 Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful. Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Romans 8:23 Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 2 Corinthians 5:5 And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come. Ephesians 1:14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession, to the praise of His glory. 1 Thessalonians 4:8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit. Treasury of Scripture Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. sealed. John 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. Romans 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: Ephesians 1:13,14 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, … the earnest. 2 Corinthians 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Romans 8:9,14-16,23 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his… Ephesians 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Jump to Previous Blessing Deposit Earnest Foretaste Future Guarantee Guaranteeing Hearts Payment Pledge Seal Sealed Sign Spirit StampJump to Next Blessing Deposit Earnest Foretaste Future Guarantee Guaranteeing Hearts Payment Pledge Seal Sealed Sign Spirit Stamp2 Corinthians 1 1. Paul salutes the Corinthians;3. he encourages them against troubles, 5. by the comforts and deliverances which God had given him, 8. so particularly in his late danger in Asia. 12. And calling both his own conscience and theirs, 15. he excuses his not coming to them, as proceeding not of lightness, 23. but of his care for them. (22) Who hath also sealed us.--Better, who also sealed us. The thought thus expressed is that the gift of the Spirit, following on baptism or the laying on of hands, is as the seal of the covenant which God makes with His people, attesting its validity. (Comp. Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 4:30; and, for the Jewish use of seals, Jeremiah 32:10.) And given the earnest of the Spirit.--Better, for the same reason as before, gave. The Greek word for "earnest" (arrhabon), which occurs here for the first time, and is used only by St. Paul in the New Testament (2Corinthians 5:5; Ephesians 1:14), has a somewhat interesting history. Originally a Hebrew word, from a verb meaning "to mix," "to change," "to pledge," and so used, as a cognate noun, with the last of the three senses, it appears simply transliterated in the LXX. of Genesis 38:17-18. It would seem to have been in common use among the Canaanite or Phoenician traders, and was carried by them to Greece, to Carthage, to Alexandria, and to Rome. It was used by the Greek orator Isaeus, and by Plautus and Terence among the earlier Latin writers. The full form came to be considered somehow as pedantic or vulgar, and was superseded in Roman law by the shortened "arrha," the payment of a small sum given on the completion of a bargain as a pledge that the payer would fulfil the contract; and it has passed into Italian as "arra;" into modern French, as "les arrhes;" into popular Scotch even, as "arles." As applied by St. Paul, it had the force of a condensed parable, such as the people of commercial cities like Corinth and Ephesus would readily understand. They were not to think that their past spiritual experience had any character of finality. It was rather but the pledge of yet greater gifts to come: even of that knowledge of God which is eternal life (John 17:3). The same thought is expressed, under a more Hebrew image, in the "firstfruits of the Spirit" in Romans 8:23. Grammatically, the "earnest of the Spirit" may be taken as an example of the genitive of apposition, "the earnest which is the Spirit." . . . Verse 22. - Who hath also sealed us. We cannot be deconsecrated, disanointed. Still less can the confirming seal be broken. He continues to dwell on the conception of the unchangeableness of God and of the gospel into which he had been incidentally led by the charge of "lightness." The earnest of the Spirit. The promises which we have received are not mere promises, they are already so far fulfilled to us and in us as to guarantee hereafter their plenary fruition. Just as in money bargains "earnest money," "money on account," is given, in pledge that the whole will be ultimately discharged, so we have "the earnest of the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 5:5), "the firstfruits of the Spirit" (Romans 8:23), which are to us "the earnest" or pledge money that we shall hereafter enter upon the purchased possession (Ephesians 1:13, 14). We now see the meaning of the "and." It involves a climax - the promise is much; the unction more; the seal a still further security (Ephesians 4:30; 2 Timothy 2:19); but beyond all this we have already a part payment in the indwelling of the Present of God (Romans 5:5; Romans 8:9; Galatians 4:6). The word arrabon, rendered "earnest," has an interesting history. It is very ancient, for it is found (עַרָבון) in Genesis 38:17, 18, and comes from a root meaning "to pledge." It seems to be a Phoenician word, which had been introduced into various languages by the universality of Phoenician commerce. In classical Latin it is shortened into arrha, and it still exists in Italian as aura, in French as arrhes. The equivalent Hebrew figure is "firstfruits" (Romans 8:23).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek placed His sealσφραγισάμενος (sphragisamenos) Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4972: To seal, set a seal upon. From sphragis; to stamp for security or preservation; by implication, to keep secret, to attest. on us, ἡμᾶς (hēmas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. put δοὺς (dous) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. [His] τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Spirit Πνεύματος (Pneumatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. hearts καρδίαις (kardiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 2588: Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. as a pledge of what is to come. ἀρραβῶνα (arrabōna) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 728: Of Hebrew origin; a pledge, i.e. Part of the purchase-money or property given in advance as security for the rest. 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