Eph 1:14 | RWP | e4.org | An earnest ( αρραβων ). See for discussion of αρραβων . Here "of promise" ( της επαγγελιας ) is added to the Holy Spirit to show that Gentiles are also included in God's promise of salvation. Of our inheritance ( της κληρονομιας ημων ). God's gift of the Holy Spirit is the pledge and first payment for the final inheritance in Christ. Of God's own possession ( της περιποιησεως ). The word God's is not in the Greek, but is implied. Late and rare word (from περιποιεω , to make a survival) with the notion of obtaining ( ; ) and then of preserving (so in the papyri). So in ; , and here. God has purchased us back to himself. The sealing extends ( εις ) to the redemption and to the glory of God.

‏ Ephesians 1:14

An earnest ( αρραβων ). See 2Co 1:22 for discussion of αρραβων. Here "of promise" ( της επαγγελιας ) is added to the Holy Spirit to show that Gentiles are also included in God's promise of salvation.

Of our inheritance ( της κληρονομιας ημων ). God's gift of the Holy Spirit is the pledge and first payment for the final inheritance in Christ.

Of God's own possession ( της περιποιησεως ). The word

God's is not in the Greek, but is implied. Late and rare word (from περιποιεω, to make a survival) with the notion of obtaining (1Th 5:9; 2Th 3:14) and then of preserving (so in the papyri). So in 1Pe 2:9; Heb 10:39, and here. God has purchased us back to himself. The sealing extends ( εις ) to the redemption and to the glory of God.