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 undergo the loss, if he should not give the inheritance, as Chrysostom noteth. The Greeks bought usually repraesentata pecunia, for ready money; and this was to buy Graeca fide; Greek trust, howbeit sometimes they gave earnest: and this αρραβων, or earnest, was (usually) the hundredth part of the whole bargain. See Trapp on " Eph 1:14 "