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Ephesians 1:14

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1:14who is the down payment36 of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession,37 to the praise of his glory.

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Ephesians 1:13–14: In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

Footnotes

  1. 36 Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit.” Down payment. The Greek word ἀρραβών (arrabōn) denotes the first payment or first installment of money or goods which serves as a guarantee or pledge for the completion of the transaction. In the NT the term is used only figuratively of the Holy Spirit as the down payment of the blessings promised by God (it is used also in 2 Cor 1:22 and 5:5). In the “already—not yet” scheme of the NT the possession of the Spirit now by believers (“already”) can be viewed as a guarantee that God will give them the balance of the promised blessings in the future (“not yet”).
  2. 37 Grk “the possession.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.

KJV 1900King James Version

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