Ephesians 1:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. ”

Ephesians 1:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which is the earnest of our inheritance - On the meaning of this, see the notes at 2 Corinthians 1:22 . Until the redemption - see the notes at Romans 8:23 . The meaning here is, we have th...
Ephesians 1:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the (t) redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (t) Full and perfect.
Ephesians 1:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Paragraph of Praise. God, who is also the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is thanked for the blessings embracing every form of spiritual riches bestowed through their mystical relationship to Ch...
Ephesians 1:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Which... possession . In parenthesis. the earnest . a pledge. See 2 Corinthians 1:22 . The gift of the new nature (spirit) is. pledge of God's future gifts in th . same kind, thus differing fr...
Ephesians 1:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. Which is the earnest (115) of our inheritance. This phrase is twice used by Paul in another Epistle. ( 2 Corinthians 1:22 .) The metaphor is taken from bargains, in which, when a ple...
Ephesians 1:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2094 THE SEALING OF THE SPIRIT Ephesians 1:13-14 . In whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance, until...
Ephesians 1:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Which is the earnest of our inheritance - This Holy Spirit, sealing the soul wi...
Ephesians 1:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Which is the earnest, &c.— "In which Holy Spirit you have a certain pledge and token of your being by adoption entitled to the future inheritance; to encourage and animate you under all the d...
Ephesians 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Earnest - the first instalment paid as a pledge that the rest of the pu...
Ephesians 1:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Thanksgiving for Blessings and Prayer for Wisdom 1, 2. The salutation. I. In the Salutations to the Colossians and to Philemon, written at the same time, 'Timothy the brother' is coupled with St....
Ephesians 1:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

[ 1. Introduction to the Epistle ( Ephesians 1:1-23 ). (1) SALUTATION ( Ephesians 1:1-2 ). (2) THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR — ( a ) The election of the whole Church before the world began, by the...
Ephesians 1:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 2 THE ETERNAL PURPOSE Ephesians 1:3-19 WE enter this epistle through magnificent gateway. The introductory Act of Praise, extending from verse 3 to 14, Ephesians 1:3-14 is one of the...
Ephesians 1:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Our Riches in Christ Ephesians 1:1-14 This has been called the “Epistle of In-ness, ”because it is so full of the preposition in. Saints are flesh and blood like ourselves, and we may be...
Ephesians 1:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The theme of this letter is pre-eminently of the Church as the medium for the accomplishment of the divine purpose. Those addressed are described as "saints," and as "the faithful in Christ Jesus." T...
Ephesians 1:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(11) In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: (12) That we should be to the praise o...
Ephesians 1:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Which is the earnest of our inheritance ,.... The incorruptible and never fading one in heaven, or the heavenly kingdom; this is the Father's gift, his bequest, and belongs only to children; it come...
Ephesians 1:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Ver. 14. Which is the earnest ] Not the pawn, but the earnest, Quia pignus...
Ephesians 1:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In whom ye , Gentiles, also trusted Believed and hoped for eternal life; after ye heard the word of truth The word which reveals and attests most important truth, the faithful saying , ( 1 Timo...
Ephesians 1:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SALUTATION (vs.1-2) As an apostle of Jesus Christ, Paul writes this epistle as an authoritative communication from God. Indeed, his apostleship is "by the will of God." Nothing of his own or of a...
Ephesians 1:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Praise for Spiritual Blessings. A. D. 61. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesu...
Ephesians 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which is the earnest of our inheritance: the Spirit, given to and dwelling in believers by his gifts and graces, is the earnest or pledge whereby their inheritance is secured to them; as men are se...
Ephesians 1:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘In whom you also, (having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation), in whom you also, having believed, were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is an earnest of our inherit...
Ephesians 1:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 1:3 . Blessed be the God and Father. —The Hebrew form for “hallowing the Name” was, “The Holy One, blessed be He.” The Prayer Book version of Psalm c. gi...
Ephesians 1:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:11-15 The Holy Spirit the Seal of God's Heritage and the Earnest of our Inheritance. I. In the early Church the access of the Spirit of God to a man was commonly associated with the m...
Ephesians 1:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this chapter, we see what Paul, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, has to say about the possessions and privileges of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:1-2 . Paul,...
Ephesians 1:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:4 . According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and without blame before him in love. What words of consolation! The full soul o...
Ephesians 1:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ephesians 1:1 , Ephesians 1:2 ADDRESS AND SALUTATION . Ephesians 1:1 Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus . Paul's one but all-sufficient claim on the Ephesians is...
Ephesians 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

How the plan of God is carried out in the individual cases is nest shown by the apostle:
Ephesians 1:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:9 ; 2 Corinthians 1:22 ; 2 Corinthians 5:5 ; Acts 20:28 ; Ephesians 1:12 ; Ephesians 1:6 ; Ephesians 4:30 ; Galatians 4:6 ; Jeremiah 32:7 ; Jeremiah 32:8 ; Leviticus 25:24 ; Luk...
Ephesians 1:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Holy Spirit in Ephesians Ephesians 1:13-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are distinct lines of teaching relative to the Holy Spirit in several of Paul's Epistles. The Book of Ephesians has seve...
Ephesians 1:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who, thus sealing us, is an earnest — Both a pledge and a foretaste of our inheritance. Till the redemption of the purchased possession — Till the church, which he has purchased with his own blood,...

Ephesians 1:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 1:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 1:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 1:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 1:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 1:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 1:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 1:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 1:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 1:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 1:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ephesians 1:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes