Our Eternal Dwelling
2 Corinthians 5:5
In 9 translations
- BSB
- And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
- KJV
- Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
- WEB
- Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
- ASV
- Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
- LSV
- And He who worked us to this very thing [is] God, who also gave to us the deposit of the Spirit;
- YLT
- And He who did work us to this self-same thing [is] God, who also did give to us the earnest of the Spirit;
- DBY
- Now he that has wrought us for this very thing [is] God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.Elohim
- DRC
- Now he that maketh us for this very thing, is God, who hath given us the pledge of the Spirit.
- GNV
- And he that hath created vs for this thing, is God, who also hath giuen vnto vs the earnest of the Spirit.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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- SBLGNT: ὁ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὁ; Robinson–Pierpont add καὶ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ δὲ κατεργασάμενος ἡμᾶς εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο θεός, ὁ δοὺς ἡμῖν τὸν ἀρραβῶνα τοῦ πνεύματος.
- RP2018
- Ὁ δὲ κατεργασάμενος ἡμᾶς εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο θεός, ὁ καὶ δοὺς ἡμῖν τὸν ἀρραβῶνα τοῦ πνεύματος.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ δὲ κατεργασάμενος ἡμᾶς εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο Θεός, ὁ καὶ δοὺς ἡμῖν τὸν ἀρραβῶνα τοῦ πνεύματος.
- SCR1894
- ο δε κατεργασαμενος ημας εις αυτο τουτο θεος ο και δους ημιν τον αρραβωνα του πνευματος
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- 2 Corinthians 1:22placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
- Ephesians 1:13–14And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s…
- Romans 8:23Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
- Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- 1 John 3:24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
- Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.
- Isaiah 29:23For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
- Numbers 13:23–27When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs. Because of the cluster of grapes…
- Isaiah 61:3to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the…
- Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
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