KJV King James Version
Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Corinthians 5:5
Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
WEB World English Bible
Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
ASV American Standard Version
Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And He who did work us to this self-same thing is God, who also did give to us the earnest of the Spirit;
Surrounding context — 2 Corinthians 5
2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
4 For we that are in [this] tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
6 Therefore [we are] always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὉG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenκατεργασάμενοςG2716 · katergazomaito workout/produceἡμᾶςG3165 · memeεἰςG1519 · eistowardαὐτὸG846 · autosit/s/heτοῦτοG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itθεός,G2316 · theosGodὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδοὺςG1325 · didōmito giveἡμῖνG3165 · memeτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀρραβῶναG728 · arrabōnguaranteeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoπνεύματος.¶G4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spirit
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 1:22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.Ephesians 1:13-14In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,Romans 8:23And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.1 John 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.Numbers 13:23-27And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.Isaiah 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty 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.Isaiah 29:23But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.Isaiah 60:21Thy 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.
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