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/><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />the <i>One</i> also having sealed us and having given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />who also sealed us and gave <i>us</i> the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />who also sealed us and gave <i>us</i> the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />who also sealed us and gave the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_corinthians/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_corinthians/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has also put his seal on us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_corinthians/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_corinthians/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and put his Spirit in our hearts to show that we belong only to him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_corinthians/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In addition, he has put his seal [of ownership] on us and has given us the Spirit as his guarantee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_corinthians/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />who has placed his seal on us and has given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_corinthians/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_corinthians/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_corinthians/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />who also sealed us and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />who also sealed us, and gave the deposit of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />the <i>One</i> also having sealed us and having given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_corinthians/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Who also having sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he has sealed us, and he has placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />he has also put his seal upon us and given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />by putting his seal on us and giving us his Spirit in our hearts as a first installment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And who has sealed us, and pledged his spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And he has sealed us and he has given the down payment of his Spirit into our hearts.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />who has also set his seal upon us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Who also having sealed us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />who also hath put his seal upon us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_corinthians/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and mark'd me with his seal, and given me the earnest of the spirit in my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />and given <i>us</i> the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=224" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/1.htm">Paul's Change of Plans</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us, <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/4972.htm" title="4972: sphragisamenos (V-APM-NMS) -- To seal, set a seal upon. From sphragis; to stamp for security or preservation; by implication, to keep secret, to attest.">placed His seal</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmas (PPro-A1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">on us,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: dous (V-APA-NMS) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">put</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">His</a> <a href="/greek/4151.htm" title="4151: Pneumatos (N-GNS) -- Wind, breath, spirit. ">Spirit</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tais (Art-DFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardiais (N-DFP) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">hearts</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/728.htm" title="728: arrabōna (N-AMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; a pledge, i.e. Part of the purchase-money or property given in advance as security for the rest.">as a pledge of what is to come.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">23</span>I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13-14</a></span><br />And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, / who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-16.htm">Romans 8:16</a></span><br />The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">2 Corinthians 5:5</a></span><br />And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-6.htm">Galatians 4:6</a></span><br />And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm">Ephesians 4:30</a></span><br />And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-24.htm">1 John 3:24</a></span><br />Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-13.htm">1 John 4:13</a></span><br />By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-5.htm">Romans 5:5</a></span><br />And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-16.htm">John 14:16-17</a></span><br />And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— / the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-13.htm">John 16:13</a></span><br />However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-33.htm">Acts 2:33</a></span><br />Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-12.htm">1 Corinthians 2:12</a></span><br />We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19</a></span><br />Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-15.htm">Hebrews 10:15-16</a></span><br />The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says: / “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a></span><br />I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.</p><p class="hdg">sealed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/6-27.htm">John 6:27</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/4-11.htm">Romans 4:11</a></b></br> And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which <i>he had yet</i> 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13,14</a></b></br> In whom ye also <i>trusted</i>, 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, … </p><p class="hdg">the earnest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">2 Corinthians 5:5</a></b></br> Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing <i>is</i> God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Romans 8:9,14-16,23</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm">Ephesians 1:14</a></b></br> Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/1-11.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/luke/19-23.htm">Deposit</a> <a href="/romans/12-12.htm">Earnest</a> <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Foretaste</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-10.htm">Future</a> <a href="/genesis/43-9.htm">Guarantee</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">Guaranteeing</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-18.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-25.htm">Pledge</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-2.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/romans/15-28.htm">Sealed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-22.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-18.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Stamp</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">Deposit</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">Earnest</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">Foretaste</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm">Future</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm">Guarantee</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">Guaranteeing</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-2.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">Pledge</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Sealed</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-3.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">Stamp</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-1.htm">Paul salutes the Corinthians;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-3.htm">he encourages them against troubles, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-5.htm">by the comforts and deliverances which God had given him,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">so particularly in his late danger in Asia.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-12.htm">And calling both his own conscience and theirs,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-15.htm">he excuses his not coming to them, as proceeding not of lightness, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-23.htm">but of his care for them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_corinthians/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_corinthians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_corinthians/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>placed His seal on us</b><br>In ancient times, a seal was a mark of ownership and authenticity. It was used to signify authority and protection. In the context of <a href="/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22</a>, the seal represents God's ownership and the believer's security in Christ. This concept is echoed in <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13</a>, where believers are sealed with the Holy Spirit. The seal signifies that believers are set apart for God, much like a king's seal would mark a document as official and protected by the king's authority. This sealing is a divine act, indicating that believers are under God's protection and are His possession.<p><b>and put His Spirit in our hearts</b><br>The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is a central theme in the New Testament, signifying the new covenant relationship between God and His people. The heart, in biblical terms, often represents the center of one's being, including mind, will, and emotions. The Holy Spirit residing in believers' hearts indicates a profound transformation and ongoing relationship with God. This indwelling is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, such as <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a>, where God promises to give a new heart and spirit to His people. The presence of the Holy Spirit empowers believers to live according to God's will and to bear spiritual fruit.<p><b>as a pledge of what is to come</b><br>The term "pledge" in this context is akin to a down payment or earnest money, guaranteeing the full inheritance to come. This concept is also found in <a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm">Ephesians 1:14</a>, where the Holy Spirit is described as a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance. The pledge signifies the certainty of God's promises, including eternal life and the future resurrection. It assures believers of their future glorification and the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan. This assurance is rooted in the faithfulness of God, who has begun a good work in believers and will carry it on to completion (<a href="/philippians/1-6.htm">Philippians 1:6</a>). The pledge of the Spirit is a foretaste of the eternal communion with God that believers will experience in the fullness of His kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a></b><br>The apostle who authored 2 Corinthians, addressing the church in Corinth with teachings and encouragement.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a></b><br>A major city in ancient Greece, known for its diverse culture and significant Christian community to whom Paul wrote.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/holy_spirit.htm">Holy Spirit</a></b><br>The third person of the Trinity, given to believers as a seal and guarantee of their inheritance in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/seal_of_ownership.htm">Seal of Ownership</a></b><br>The Holy Spirit marks believers as belonging to God, signifying divine ownership and protection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_spirit_as_a_deposit.htm">The Spirit as a Deposit</a></b><br>The presence of the Holy Spirit in our hearts is a foretaste and assurance of the eternal life and inheritance promised to us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/assurance_of_salvation.htm">Assurance of Salvation</a></b><br>The indwelling of the Holy Spirit provides believers with confidence in their salvation and future hope.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a></b><br>Understanding that we are sealed by the Spirit helps us live out our identity as children of God, influencing our daily actions and decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_by_the_spirit.htm">Living by the Spirit</a></b><br>As recipients of the Spirit, believers are called to live in accordance with the Spirit's guidance, producing spiritual fruit in their lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_corinthians_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Corinthians 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_confirmation_mean.htm">What does confirmation mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_publication_date_of_esther.htm">What are the Spirit's firstfruits?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_spirit's_firstfruits.htm">What are the Spirit's firstfruits?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'sealed_with_the_spirit'.htm">What does "sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Who hath also sealed us.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">who also sealed us.</span> 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. <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm" title="In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,">Ephesians 1:13</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm" title="And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed to the day of redemption.">Ephesians 4:30</a>; and, for the Jewish use of seals, <a href="/jeremiah/32-10.htm" title="And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.">Jeremiah 32:10</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">And given the earnest of the Spirit.</span>--Better, for the same reason as before, <span class= "ital">gave.</span> The Greek word for "earnest" (<span class= "ital">arrhabon</span>)<span class= "ital">,</span> which occurs here for the first time, and is used only by St. Paul in the New Testament (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm" title="Now he that has worked us for the selfsame thing is God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.">2Corinthians 5:5</a>; <a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm" title="Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.">Ephesians 1:14</a>), 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 <a href="/context/genesis/38-17.htm" title="And he said, I will send you a kid from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge, till you send it?">Genesis 38:17-18</a>. 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 (<a href="/john/17-3.htm" title="And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.">John 17:3</a>). The same thought is expressed, under a more Hebrew image, in the "<span class= "ital">firstfruits</span> of the Spirit" in <a href="/romans/8-23.htm" title="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.">Romans 8:23</a>. Grammatically, the "earnest of the Spirit" may be taken as an example of the genitive of apposition, "the earnest which <span class= "ital">is</span> the Spirit." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Who hath also sealed us</span>. 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." <span class="cmt_word">The earnest of the Spirit.</span> 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" (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">2 Corinthians 5:5</a>), "the firstfruits of the Spirit" (<a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a>), which are to us "the earnest" or pledge money that we shall hereafter enter upon the purchased possession (<a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13, 14</a>). 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 (<a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm">Ephesians 4:30</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a>); but beyond all this we have already a part payment in the indwelling of the Present of God (<a href="/romans/5-5.htm">Romans 5:5</a>; <a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Romans 8:9</a>; <a href="/galatians/4-6.htm">Galatians 4:6</a>). The word <span class="accented">arrabon</span>, rendered "earnest," has an interesting history. It is very ancient, for it is found (<span class="hebrew">עַרָבון</span>) in <a href="/genesis/38-17.htm">Genesis 38:17, 18</a>, 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 <span class="accented">arrha</span>, and it still exists in Italian as <span class="accented">aura</span>, in French as <span class="accented">arrhes</span>. The equivalent Hebrew figure is "firstfruits" (<a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">placed His seal</span><br /><span class="grk">σφραγισάμενος</span> <span class="translit">(sphragisamenos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4972.htm">Strong's 4972: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seal, set a seal upon. From sphragis; to stamp for security or preservation; by implication, to keep secret, to attest.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on us,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡμᾶς</span> <span class="translit">(hēmas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">put</span><br /><span class="grk">δοὺς</span> <span class="translit">(dous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> </span><span class="str2">To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[His]</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Spirit</span><br /><span class="grk">Πνεύματος</span> <span class="translit">(Pneumatos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4151.htm">Strong's 4151: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wind, breath, spirit. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡμῶν</span> <span class="translit">(hēmōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hearts</span><br /><span class="grk">καρδίαις</span> <span class="translit">(kardiais)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> </span><span class="str2">Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a pledge of what is to come.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀρραβῶνα</span> <span class="translit">(arrabōna)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_728.htm">Strong's 728: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; a pledge, i.e. Part of the purchase-money or property given in advance as security for the rest.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 1:22 Who also sealed us and gave us (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 1:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 1:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 1:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 1:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>