Ephesians 1:14 - Easy To Read Version

^14-16 That Holy Spirit is the guarantee that we will get the things God promised for his people. This will bring full freedom to those people who belong to God. The goal of all this is to bring praise to God’s glory.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ That [Spirit] is the guarantee of our inheritance [the firstfruits, the pledge and foretaste, the down payment on our heritage], in anticipation of its full redemption and our acquiring [complete] possession of it–to the praise of His glory.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The Holy Spirit is the down payment on our inheritance, which is applied toward our redemption as God’s own people, resulting in the honor of God’s glory.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ He is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the acquisition of redemption, to the praise of his glory.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of acquisition, unto the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:14 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 74:2

Remember the people you bought\par long ago.\par You saved us.\par We belong to you.\par Remember Mount Zion, {\cf2\super [422]} \par the place that you lived.\par

Psalm 78:54

God led his people to his holy land,\par to the mountain he took with his power.\par

Luke 21:28

When these things begin to happen, don’t fear. Look up and be happy! Don’t worry. Be happy, because you know that the time when God will free you is near!”

Acts 20:28

Be careful for yourselves and for all the people that God has given you. The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [406]} gave you the work of caring for this flock. {\cf2\super [407]} You must be like shepherds to the church (people) of God. {\cf2\super [408]} This is the church that God bought with his own blood. {\cf2\super [409]}

Acts 20:32

“Now I am giving you to God. I am depending on the message {\cf2\super [410]} about God’s grace (kindness) to make you strong. That message is able to give you the blessings that God gives to all his holy people. {\cf2\super [411]}

Romans 8:23

Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit {\cf2\super [67]} as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children. I mean we are waiting for our bodies to be made free.

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is God that has made you part of Christ Jesus. Christ has become wisdom for us from God. Christ is the reason we are right with God and have freedom from sin; Christ is the reason we are holy. {\cf2\super [10]}

2 Corinthians 1:22

He put his mark on us to show that we are his. And he put his Spirit {\cf2\super [5]} in our hearts to be a guarantee—\{a proof that he will give us what he promised\}.

2 Corinthians 5:5

This is what God made us for. And he has given us the Spirit {\cf2\super [20]} to be a guarantee—a proof \{that he will give us this new life\}.

Galatians 4:6

You are God’s children. That is why God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. The Spirit {\cf2\super [49]} cries out, “Abba, {\cf2\super [50]} Father.”

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen \{to be God’s people\}. God had already planned for us to be his people, because that is what God wanted. And God is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

Ephesians 1:12

We Jews were the first people who hoped in Christ. And we were chosen so that we would bring praise to God’s glory.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are chosen people. You are the King’s priests. You are a holy {\cf2\super [20]} nation of people. You are people who belong to God. God chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He called (brought) you out of darkness (sin) into his wonderful light.