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Verse 22. _WHO HATH ALSO SEALED US_] Not only deeply _impressed_ His
_truth_ and _image_ upon our _hearts_; but, by the miraculous gifts of
the Holy Spirit, attested the truth of our extraordinary _un...
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WHO HATH ALSO SEALED US - The word used here (from σφραγίζω
sphragizō) means to seal up; to close and make fast with a seal, or
signet; as, e. g., books, letters, etc. that they may not be read. It...
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2. PAUL'S EXPERIENCE AND EXPLANATIONS.
CHAPTER 1:8-24
_ 1. His Experience. (2 Corinthians 1:8)_
2. His Explanations. (2 Corinthians 1:15)
The Apostle speaks, first of all, of the trouble he had whe...
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But had he not laid himself open to a charge of fickleness? Had he not
led them to expect that he would ere this have paid them another
visit, returning through Corinth from Macedonia, and taking from...
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COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
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It was with this confidence that I previously planned to visit you,
that I might bring you pleasure for the second time, and so go on to
Macedonia by way of you, and be sped by you on my way to Judaea...
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HATH. Omit.
ALSO SEALED US. sealed us also.
SEALED. Greek. _sphragizo._ Compare John 3:33.
GIVEN. gave,
EARNEST. Greek. _arrabon._ Only here, 2 Corinthians 5:5.Ephesians
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St Paul's reason for putting off his coming
15. _And in this confidence_ It was the conviction of this community
of interest which made St Paul desire to visit Corinth. It was (see 2
Corinthians 1:23...
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_Who hath also sealed us_ Here again the Greek has the aorist. We must
refer it here to the attestation God gave to his calling and anointing
by the manifest signs of His presence with His ministers....
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15–24. The rest of this chapter and part of the next are taken up
with the Apostle’s defence of himself against a charge of
‘lightness’ (ἐλαφρία), _i.e._ of not caring for the
Corinthians or for his e...
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19–22. Closely connected with what precedes, as is shown by the
γάρ, extending and confirming the argument....
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Ὁ ΚΑῚ ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΆΜΕΝΟΣ ἩΜΑ͂Σ. The ὁ is omitted
in א1Acts 1 KP and some versions. The sealing is not a mere change of
metaphor; it continues and extends what has just been stated. Seals
have had an enormo...
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_A DESIRE TO SPARE THEM 2 CORINTHIANS 1:19-24:_ The promises of Jesus
and His commandments left no doubt. Therefore, those that preach Him
cannot manifest a fickle spirit in their preaching either. Je...
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DISCOURSE: 2002
THE DIFFERENT OPERATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
2 Corinthians 1:21. _Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ,
and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and given the
e...
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WHO HATH ALSO SEALED US, &C.— Who, answerable to various uses of a
seal among men, has likewise printed his holy image upon us, and
assured us of our interest in the Blood of the Covenant: and he has...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Acrimony (2 Corinthians 1:12-24)
12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have
behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Explanation of His Deferred Visit
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 1:15-24. And in this confidence I was minded to come
first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 and by yo...
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_WHO HATH ALSO SEALED US, AND GIVEN THE EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR
HEARTS._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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21 The operation of God's Spirit is here seen under three distinct
figures: the anointing, the seal, and the earnest. Prophets and
priests and kings were anointed for their office. They were anointed...
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INTRODUCTORY SECTION
2 Corinthians 1:1. Salutation and Thanksgiving
After the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed
reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and gives tha...
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PARAPHRASE. 'When you find me now writing from Macedonia before you
have had a visit at all, you may think me changeable and capricious.
(18) But I assure you solemnly I am not easily turned from my
p...
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SEALED] marked us for His own. GIVEN THE EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT]
bestowed the gift of the Spirit as the pledge and sample of all
spiritual blessings to come: cp. Romans 8:23; Ephesians 1:14....
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
ABOUT 2 CORINTHIANS
AUTHOR
Paul wrote the letter called 2 Corinthians. See 2 Corinthians 1:1 and
2 Corinthians 10:1. The letter...
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WHO HATH ALSO SEALED US. — Better, _who also sealed us._ The thought
thus expressed is that the gift of the Spirit, following on baptism or
the laying on of hands, is as the seal of the covenant which...
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CHAPTER 4
CHRISTIAN MYSTERIES.
2 Corinthians 1:21 (R.V)
IT is not easy to show the precise connection between these words and
those which immediately precede. Possibly it is emotional, rather than
l...
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HIS CHANGE OF PLAN WAS NOT DUE TO FICKLENESS. καὶ ταύτῃ
τῇ πεποιθήσει ἐβουλόμην κ. τ. λ.: _and in
this confidence_ (_sc._, that they would acknowledge his sincerity) _I
was minded to come before_ (_sc...
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ὁ καὶ σφρ. ἡμᾶς κ. τ. λ.: _who also sealed us_
(_sc._, all Christians), _and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our
hearts_. The aorists, σφραγισάμενος … δούς, point
to acts completed at a definite...
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SINCERE LIKE HIS MASTER
2 Corinthians 1:12
The Apostle laid great emphasis on the witness of his conscience. See
Acts 23:1; Acts 24:16. As we pass out of this life, and stand in the
revealing dawn of...
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The second letter to the Corinthians was evidently the outcome of the
first. The apostle opened with the usual introduction, laying emphasis
on his apostleship by the will of God, coupled with the sal...
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GOD'S VERIFICATION OF PAUL'S SINCERITY
God had established Paul's sincerity by backing him with signs and
miracles. Since God was a promise keeper, He would not support one who
was dishonest. God had...
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Who hath also sealed us, and given the (y) earnest of the Spirit in
our hearts.
(y) An earnest is whatever is given to confirm a promise....
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Pignus spiritus, _Greek: ton arrabona. That by receiving the earnest,
says St. John Chrysostom, p. 662, you may be assured to receive the
whole._...
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This must needs be true, because he is God, who hath confirmed us with
you, both us and you in Christ, in the faith, and grace of Christ
crucified, who hath anointed us with divine graces, who hath se...
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(21) Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath
anointed us, is God; (22) Who hath also sealed us, and given the
earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. (23) Moreover I call God for a
reco...
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The apostle writes the second Epistle to the Corinthians under the
influence of the consolations of Christ consolations experienced when
the troubles which came upon him in Asia were at their height;...
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WHO HATH ALSO SEALED US,.... "Two" things more are here attributed to
God; "first", the sealing of his people. The use of seals is various,
as to denote property in things, to distinguish one thing fr...
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Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our
hearts.
Ver. 22. _Sealed us_] As the merchant sets his seal upon his goods.
_ The earnest of the Spirit_] Whereof God should under...
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_Now he which stablisheth us_ Apostles and teachers; _with you_ All
true believers; _in_ the faith of _Christ_ Or he who confirms both you
and us in the truth; _and hath anointed us_ With the oil of g...
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SEALED US; marked as his own. The agent of this sealing is the Holy
Spirit, as immediately stated.
THE EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS; the Holy Spirit dwelling in
our hearts, and giving us a for...
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God Himself Paul's witness:...
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WHO HATH ALSO SEALED US, AND GIVEN THEE EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR
HEARTS....
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It is again with apostolic authority that Paul writes, the will of
God, a predominant matter in the epistle. While Paul uses his
authority in lowliness, yet he must assert God's authority in writing....
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15-24 The apostle clears himself from the charge of levity and
inconstancy, in not coming to Corinth. Good men should be careful to
keep the reputation of sincerity and constancy; they should not
res...
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The use of a seal is for confirmation of the thing to which it is
affixed; the effect of it is the making the impression of itself upon
the wax: so as sealing us, both in this and other texts, signifi...
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who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our
hearts. ["Every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher,"
said Jesus (Luke 6:40). Paul has this truth in mind, and his meaning...
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Theophilus to Autolycus Book III
Wherefore such men have necessarily lost the wisdom of God, and have
not found the truth.If you please, then, study these things carefully,
that you may have a compen...
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2 Corinthians 1:22 who G3588 also G2532 sealed G4972 (G5671) us G2248
and G2532 given G1325 (G5631) Spir
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‘Now he who is establishing (‘is confirming') us with you in
Christ, and anointed us, is God, who also sealed us, and gave us the
earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.'
And this is confirmed by the fac...
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2 Corinthians 1:22. WHO ALSO SEALED US, AND GAVE _US _ THE EARNEST OF
THE S pirit (meaning the Spirit as the earnest of future glory) IN OUR
HEARTS. There is a noble climax here: ‘Our whole stability...
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SEALED US
(σφραγισαμενος ημας). From σφραγιζω old verb,
common in LXX and papyri for setting a seal to prevent opening (Daniel
6:17), in place of signature (1 Kings 21:18). Papyri examples show a
wi...
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2 Corinthians 1:22
The Seal of Earnest.
I. The first metaphor in the text, the "seal" of the Spirit. A seal is
impressed upon a recipient material made soft by warmth, in order to
leave there a copy...
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2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at
Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:_
Paul is ver...
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CONTENTS: Paul's interest in the Corinthian Christians and his
encouragement to them in Christ.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Silvanus.
CONCLUSION: Man's extremity is God's op...
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2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul and Timothy our brother._ It was proper that
Timothy should be named, he having been specially sent to Corinth.
_With all the saints which are in Achaia;_ in which peninsula t...
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MARK OF OWNERSHIP. Abraham was circumcised as a mark of God's
ownership. For the Christian, the Holy Spirit is God's mark of
ownership. See Ephesians 1:13-14; Ephesians 4:30; compare Revelation
7:3;...
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_Now He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us,
is God._
ESTABLISHING GRACE
I. The Christian needs not only converting but establishing grace. He
that hath begun any good work...
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_Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our
hearts._
SEALING OF THE SPIRIT
What are we to understand by the sealing of the Spirit? It is that act
of the Holy Spirit by which...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:21 To be ANOINTED is to be set
apart and gifted by God. This is symbolized in the OT by the pouring
of olive oil as a sign of God’s rich provision. SEAL. A mark o...
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SECOND EPISTLE TO THE
CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 1
CONTENTS
He consoles the Corinthians, whom in the First Epistle he had sharply
rebuked, and absolves the excommunicated fornicator, who was now
penitent....
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 1:12. REJOICING.—stronger and more correct. Cognate
word in Romans 5:2; Romans 5:11, where notice the varying translation;
an exultant, sometimes defiantly exultant, joy...
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EXPOSITION
Address and greeting (2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:2).
Thanksgiving for the comfort sent to him by God, wherein, as in his
affliction which rendered it necessary, they sympathetically...
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Tonight let's turn to 2 Corinthians, chapter 1.
The church of Corinth had been a divided church. There was a lot of
carnality, a lot of problems in their doctrines that prompted Paul's
first epistle,...
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2 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Timothy 2:19; Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 1:14;...
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Sealed [σ φ ρ α γ ι σ α μ ε ν ο ς]. See on John 3:33;
Revelation 22:10. Earnest [α ρ ρ α β ω ν α]. Only here, ch. 5
5, and Ephesians 1:14. It means caution - money, deposited by a
purchaser in pledge...
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Who also hath sealed us — Stamping his image on our hearts, thus
marking and sealing us as his own property. And given us the earnest
of his Spirit — There is a difference between an earnest and a
ple...