Ye also

(κα υμεις). Ye Gentiles (now Christians), in contrast to ημας (we) in Ephesians 1:12.In whom

(εν ω). Repeated third time (once in verse Ephesians 1:11, twice in Ephesians 1:13), and note ο or ος in Ephesians 1:14.Ye were sealed

(εσφραγισθητε). First aorist passive indicative of σφραγιζω, old verb, to set a seal on one as a mark or stamp, sometimes the marks of ownership or of worship of deities like στιγματα (Galatians 6:17). Marked and authenticated as God's heritage as in Ephesians 4:30. See 2 Corinthians 1:22 for the very use of the metaphor here applied to the Holy Spirit even with the word αρραβων (earnest).Spirit

(πνευματ). In the instrumental case.

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Old Testament