“ Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. ”
Who hath also sealed us - The word used here (from σφραγίζω sphragizō) means to seal up; to close and make fast with a seal, or signet; as, e. g., books, letters, etc. that they may not be...
Who hath also sealed us, and given the (y) earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. (y) An earnest is whatever is given to confirm a promise.
But had he not laid himself open to a charge of fickleness? Had he not led them to expect that he would ere this have paid them another visit, returning through Corinth from Macedonia, and taking fro...
hath . Omit. also sealed us . sealed us also. sealed . Greek. sphragizo. Compare John 3:33 . given . gave, earnest . Greek. arrabon. Only here, 2 Corinthians 5:5 . Ephesians 1:14 . A f...
DISCOURSE: 2002 THE DIFFERENT OPERATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 . Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and giv...
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. Who hath also sealed us - Not only deeply impressed His truth and image upon our hearts; but, by the miraculous gifts of th...
Who hath also sealed us, &c.— Who, answerable to various uses of a seal among men, has likewise printed his holy image upon us, and assured us of our interest in the Blood of the Covenant: and...
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Introductory Section 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 . Salutation and Thanksgiving After the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and g...
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 wh...
Chapter 4 CHRISTIAN MYSTERIES. 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 (R.V) IT is not easy to show the precise connection between these words and those which immediately precede. Possibly it is emotional, rath...
Sincere like His Master 2 Corinthians 1:12-22 The Apostle laid great emphasis on the witness of his conscience. See Acts 23:1 ; Acts 24:16 . As we pass out of this life, and stand in the reve...
The second letter to the Corinthians was evidently the outcome of the first. The apostle opened with the usual introduction, laying emphasis on his apostleship by the will of God, coupled with the sa...
(21) Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; (22) Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. (23) Moreover I call God for a rec...
Who hath also sealed us ,.... "Two" things more are here attributed to God; "first", the sealing of his people. The use of seals is various, as to denote property in things, to distinguish one thing...
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. Ver. 22. Sealed us ] As the merchant sets his seal upon his goods. The earnest of the Spirit ] Whereof God should u...
Now he which stablisheth us Apostles and teachers; with you All true believers; in the faith of Christ Or he who confirms both you and us in the truth; and hath anointed us With the oil of...
It is again with apostolic authority that Paul writes, the will of God, a predominant matter in the epistle. While Paul uses his authority in lowliness, yet he must assert God's authority in writing....
Paul's Sincerity and Affliction. A. D. 57. 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come un...
The use of a seal is for confirmation of the thing to which it is affixed; the effect of it is the making the impression of itself upon the wax: so as sealing us, both in this and other texts, signif...
‘Now he who is establishing (‘is confirming') us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God, who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.' And this is confirmed by the f...
CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 1:12 . Rejoicing .—stronger and more correct. Cognate word in Romans 5:2-3 ; Romans 5:11 , where notice the varying translation; an exultant, sometimes defiantly e...
2 Corinthians 1:22 The Seal of Earnest. I. The first metaphor in the text, the "seal" of the Spirit. A seal is impressed upon a recipient material made soft by warmth, in order to leave there a c...
2 Corinthians 1:1 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: Paul is...
2 Corinthians 1:1 . Paul and Timothy our brother. It was proper that Timothy should be named, he having been specially sent to Corinth. With all the saints which are in Achaia; in which peninsul...
Now He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God. Establishing grace I. The Christian needs not only converting but establishing grace. He that hath begun any good w...
EXPOSITION Address and greeting ( 2 Corinthians 1:1 , 2 Corinthians 1:2 ). Thanksgiving for the comfort sent to him by God, wherein, as in his affliction which rendered it necessary, they sympa...
God Himself Paul's witness:
2 Corinthians 5:5 ; 2 Timothy 2:19 ; Ephesians 1:13 ; Ephesians 1:14 ; Ephesians 4:30 ; John 6:27 ; Revelation 2:17 ; Revelation 7:3 ; Revelation 9:4 ; Romans 4:11 ; Romans 8:14-16 ; Roma...
Who also hath sealed us — Stamping his image on our hearts, thus marking and sealing us as his own property. And given us the earnest of his Spirit — There is a difference between an earnest and a...