Ephesians Chapter 1, Verse 14
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14: ος εστιν αρραβων της κληρονομιας ημων εις απολυτρωσιν της περιποιησεως εις επαινον της δοξης αυτου
14: Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption
of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
14: Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of
acquisition, unto the praise of his glory.
Which is the earnest of our inheritance. On the meaning of the, See "2Cor 1:22".
Until the redemption. See "Rom 8:23".
The meaning here is, we have the Holy Spirit as the pledge that that shall be ours, and the Holy Spirit will be imparted to us until we enter on that inheritance.
Of the purchased possession. Heaven, purchased for us by the death of the Redeemer. The word here used -- peripoihsiv -- occurs in the following places in the New Testament: 1Thess 5:9, rendered "to obtain salvation;" 2 Thes 2:14 to the obtaining of the glory of the Lord;" Heb 10:39, "to the saving of the soul;" 1 Pet 2:9, "a peculiar people;" literally, a people of acquirement to himself; and in the passage before us. It properly means, an acquisition, an obtaining, a laying up. Here it means, the complete deliverance from sin, and the eternal salvation acquired for us by Christ. The influence of the Holy Spirit, renewing and sanctifying us, comforting us in trials, and sustaining us in afflictions, is the pledge that the redemption is yet to be wholly ours.
Unto the praise of his glory. See Eph 1:6
- "of our inheritance" 2Cor 5:5
- "of the purchased" Rom 8:23
- "possession" Acts 20:28
- "of his glory" Eph 1:6, Eph 1:12
