Ephesians 1:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 from any ordinary pledge. Compare 1 Peter 1:4.

inheritance. Greek. kleronomia. See Acts 20:32. Compare our inheritance here, and His inheritance, Ephesians 1:18.

until. unto. Greek. eis. App-104.

purchased possession. Greek. peripoiesis. Here; 1 Thessalonians 5:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:14. Heb 10:39. 1 Peter 2:9. Compare Acts 20:28.

Ephesians 1:14

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