‘Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem,’ the Lord said to him, ‘and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable practices committed in it.’
2 Corinthians 1:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He has also put his seal on us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [He has also appropriated and acknowledged us as His by] putting His seal upon us and giving us His [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as the security deposit and guarantee [of the fulfillment of His promise]. American Standard Version (1901) who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. Common English Bible God also sealed us and gave the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts. Catholic Public Domain Version And he has sealed us, and he has placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts. |
‘Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem,’ the Lord said to him, ‘and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable practices committed in it.’
The one who has accepted his testimony has affirmed that God is true.
Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.’
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith , while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.
Not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits #– #we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.
Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by him for the day of redemption.
Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his, , and let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.
‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna. , I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.
‘Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.’
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only those people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads.