2 Corinthians 1:22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

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Parallel Verses

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.

English Standard Version
and who has also put his seal on us and given us his 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.

King James Bible
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts.

International Standard Version
who has placed his seal on us and has given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

American Standard Version
who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

Darby Bible Translation
who also has sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

Young's Literal Translation
who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

Cross References

Ezekiel 9:4
And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the middle thereof.

John 3:33
He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true.

Romans 8:16
The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

Romans 8:23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

2 Corinthians 5:5
Now he that has worked us for the selfsame thing is God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.

Ephesians 1:14
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.

1 Thessalonians 4:8
He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given to us his holy Spirit.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:15-24 The apostle clears himself from the charge of levity and inconstancy, in not coming to Corinth. Good men should be careful to keep the reputation of sincerity and constancy; they should not resolve, but on careful thought; and they will not change unless for weighty reasons. Nothing can render God's promises more certain: his giving them through Christ, assures us they are his promises; as the wonders God wrought in the life, resurrection, and ascension of his Son, confirm faith. The Holy Spirit makes Christians firm in the faith of the gospel: the quickening of the Spirit is an earnest of everlasting life; and the comforts of the Spirit are an earnest of everlasting joy. The apostle desired to spare the blame he feared would be unavoidable, if he had gone to Corinth before he learned what effect his former letter produced. Our strength and ability are owing to faith; and our comfort and joy must flow from faith. The holy tempers and gracious fruits which attend faith, secure from delusion in so important a matter.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

22. sealed—A seal is a token assuring the possession of property to one; "sealed" here answers to "stablisheth us" (2Co 1:21; 1Co 9:2).

the earnest of the Spirit—that is, the Spirit as the earnest (that is, money given by a purchaser as a pledge for the full payment of the sum promised). The Holy Spirit is given to the believer now as a first instalment to assure him his full inheritance as a son of God shall be his hereafter (Eph 1:13, 14). "Sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession" (Ro 8:23). The Spirit is the pledge of the fulfilment of "all the promises" (2Co 1:20).