2 Corinthians 1:22
who has also set his seal upon us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
In Context
21For he who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is God,
23But I call on God as a witness against my soul, that wishing to spare you, I did not go to Corinth;
Cross References
John 6:27Labor not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father attested.
Romans 8:9But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now, if any one has not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
Romans 8:23and not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
Ephesians 1:13in whom you also hoped after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom, after you also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
2 Timothy 2:19But the foundation of God stands firm, having this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his; and, Let every one that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Revelation 7:3saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:16-24
Paul's Sincerity and Affliction. ( a. d. 57.) 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judæa. 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.… Read the whole commentary →