2 CORINTHIANS 1:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.”
Set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come — God's seal (sphragizō) marks Christians as his possession, a metaphor from commercial contracts and imperial stamps. The Spirit (arrhabon, earnest money/down payment) functions as divine pledge that future glory is secured. This treasury of the Spirit is both present possession and future guarantee.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 1:22
“Now He which establishes 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.” Again, from the past He establishes the future. For if it is He that establishes us in Christ; (i.e., who suffers us not to be shaken from the faith which is in Christ;) and He that anointed us and gave the Spirit in our hearts, how shall He not give us the future things? For if He gave the principles and the foundations, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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