2 Corinthians 5:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ The one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a down payment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Now He Who has fashioned us [preparing and making us fit] for this very thing is God, Who also has given us the [Holy] Spirit as a guarantee [of the fulfillment of His promise].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Common English Bible

⁵ Now the one who prepared us for this very thing is God, and God gave us the Spirit as a down payment for our home.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Now the One who accomplishes this very thing in us is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Now he that maketh us for this very thing, is God, who hath given us the pledge of the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:5 Cross References

Isaiah 29:23

For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

Isaiah 60:21

Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever. They are the shoot that I planted, the work of my hands, so that I might be glorified.

Isaiah 61:3

to provide for those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.

Romans 8:23

and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

2 Corinthians 1:22

who has put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,

Ephesians 2:10

For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.

1 John 3:24

All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.