2nd Corinthians Chapter 5 verse 5 Holy Bible
Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
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Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.
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Now he that has wrought us for this very thing [is] God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.
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Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
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Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
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And He who did work us to this self-same thing `is' God, who also did give to us the earnest of the Spirit;
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2nd Corinthians 5 : 5 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - He who hath wrought us for the selfsame thing. God prepared and perfected us for this very result, namely, to put on the robe of immortality. The earnest (see 2 Corinthians 1:22) The quickening life imparted by the Spirit of life is a pledge and part payment of the incorruptible eternal life. The Spirit is "the Earnest of our inheritance" (Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 4:30).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) He that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing.--Better, he that wrought us for this very thing. The "very thing" is the consummation, by whatever stages it may be reached, in which mortality is swallowed up of life. The whole work of God in the past--redemption, the new birth, the gifts and graces of the Spirit--was looking to this as its result. He had given the "earnest of the Spirit" (see Note on 2Corinthians 1:22) as a pledge of the future victory of the higher life over the lower. Every gift of spiritual energy not dependent upon the material organism was an assurance that that organism was an impediment to the free action of the Spirit, which would one day be overcome. Our eyes, to take a striking instance, are limits, as well as instruments, to the spirit's powers of perception.