2 Corinthians 5:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.

Isaiah 60:21

Thy people also shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the land for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

Isaiah 61:3

to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Romans 8:23

And not only so, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

2 Corinthians 1:22

who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 4:30

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

1 John 3:24

And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.