2 Corinthians 1:21
Now he that confirmeth us with you in Christ, and that hath anointed us, is God:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
In Context
20For all the promises of God are in him, It is; therefore also by him, amen to God, unto our glory.
22Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
Cross References
Psalms 37:23With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.
Psalms 87:5Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.
Isaiah 9:7His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 59:21This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Isaiah 62:7And give him no silence till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Acts 10:38Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost, and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
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 →