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Selected Verse: 2 Corinthians 5:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Co 5:5 |
King James |
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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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
wrought us--framed us by redemption, justification, and sanctification.
for the selfsame thing--"unto" it; namely, unto what is mortal of us being swallowed up in life (Co2 5:4).
who also--The oldest manuscripts omit "also."
earnest of the Spirit--(See on Co2 1:22). It is the Spirit (as "the first-fruits") who creates in us the groaning desire for our coming deliverance and glory (Rom 8:23). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing - The phrase "self-same thing" here means this very thing, that is, the thing to which he had referred - the preparation for heaven, or the heavenly dwelling. The word "wrought" here (κατεργασάμενος katergasamenos) means that God had formed or made them for this; that is, he had by the influences of the Spirit, and by his agency on the heart, created them, as it were, for this, and adapted them to it. God has destined us to this change from corruption to incorruption; he has adapted us to it; he has formed us for it. It does not refer to the original creation of the body and the soul for this end, but it means that God, by his own renewing, and sanctifying, and sustaining agency, had formed them for this, and adapted them to it. The object of Paul in stating that it was done by God, is to keep this truth prominently before the mind. It was not by any native inclination, or strength, or power which they had, but it was all to be traced to God; compare Eph 2:10.
Who also hath given - In addition to the fitting for eternal glory he has given us the earnest of the Spirit to sustain us here. We are not only prepared to enter into heaven, but we have here also the support produced by the earnest of the Spirit.
The earnest of the Spirit - On the meaning of this, see the note on Co2 1:22. He has given to us the Holy Spirit as the pledge or assurance of the eternal inheritance. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Wrought (κατεργασάμενος)
The compound is significant, indicating an accomplished fact. Through the various operations of His Spirit and the processes of His discipline, God has worked us out (Stanley, worked up) for this change. The process includes the dissolution of what is mortal no less than the renewal. The one is a step to the other. See Co1 15:36.
Earnest of the Spirit
See on Co2 1:22, and compare Rom 8:11. Of the Spirit is appositional, the Spirit as the earnest. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Now he that hath wrought us to this very thing - This longing for immortality. Is God - For none but God, none less than the Almighty, could have wrought this in us. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing - God has given us our being and our body for this very purpose, that both might be made immortal, and both be glorified together. Or, God himself has given us this insatiable hungering and thirsting after righteousness and immortality. Mr. Addison has made a beautiful paraphrase of the sense of the apostle, whether he had his words in view or not: -
" - Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing after immortality?
Or whence this secret dread and inward horror
Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us;
'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter,
And intimates eternity to man. -
The soul, secured in her existence, smiles
At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself
Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years;
But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,
Unhurt amidst the war of elements,
The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds."
The earnest of the Spirit - See the note on Co2 1:22. |
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.