Ephesians 1:14

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.”

— WEB

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

— KJV

“which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God`s] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

— ASV

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2 Corinthians 1:22 "who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts."
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Ephesians 4:30 "Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."
Galatians 4:6 "And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba,Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic…"
Romans 8:15-17 "For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba!Abba is an Ara…"
Romans 8:23 "Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption,…"
Ephesians 1:12 "to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ."
1 Peter 2:9 "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of …"

Commentary

earnest--the first instalment paid as a pledge that the rest will follow (Rom 8:23; Co2 1:22). until--rather, "Unto the redemption," &c.; joined thus, "ye were sealed (Eph 1:13) unto," that is, for the purpose of and against, the accomplishment of "the redemption," namely, not the redemption in its first stage, made by the blood of Christ, which secures our title, but, in its final completion, when the actual possession shall be ours, the full "redemption of the body" (Rom 8:23), as well as of the soul, from every infirmity (Eph 4:30). The deliverance of the creature (the body, and the whole visible creation) from the bondage of corruption, and from the usurping prince of this world, into the glorious liberty of the children of God (Rom 8:21-23; Pe2 3:13). of the purchased possession--God's people purchased ("acquired," Greek) as His peculiar (Greek) possession by the blood of Christ (Act 20:28). We value highly that which we pay a high price for; so God, His Church (Eph 5:25-26; Pe1 1:18; Pe1 2:9; "my special treasure," Mal 3:17, Margin).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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