2Cor 5:5, Eph 1:14 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 5. Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing . The phrase "self-same thing" here means this very thing , i.e., the thing to which he had referred--the preparation for heaven, or the heavenly dwelling. The word "wrought" here (κατεργασαμενος) means, that God had formed , or made them for this; that is, he had by the influences of the Spirit, and by his agency on the heart, created them, as it were, for this, and adapted them to it. God has destined us to this change from corruption to incorruption; he has adapted us to it; he has formed us for it. It does not refer to the original creation of the body and the soul for this end; but it means that God, by his own renewing, and sanctifying, and sustaining agency, had formed them for this, and adapted them to it. The object of Paul in stating that it was done by God, is to keep this truth prominently before the mind. It was not by any native inclination, or strength, or power which they had, but it was all to be traced to God. Comp. . Who also hath given . In addition to the fitting for eternal glory he has given us the earnest of the Spirit to sustain us here. We are not only prepared to enter into heaven, but we have here also the support produced by the earnest of the Spirit. The earnest of the Spirit . On the meaning of this, ". He has given to us the Holy Spirit as the pledge or assurance of the eternal inheritance. (a) "wrought us" (b) "earnest of"

2 Corinthians 5:5

Verse 5. Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing. The phrase "self-same thing" here means this very thing, i.e., the thing to which he had referred--the preparation for heaven, or the heavenly dwelling. The word "wrought" here (κατεργασαμενος) means, that God had formed, or made them for this; that is, he had by the influences of the Spirit, and by his agency on the heart, created them, as it were, for this, and adapted them to it. God has destined us to this change from corruption to incorruption; he has adapted us to it; he has formed us for it. It does not refer to the original creation of the body and the soul for this end; but it means that God, by his own renewing, and sanctifying, and sustaining agency, had formed them for this, and adapted them to it. The object of Paul in stating that it was done by God, is to keep this truth prominently before the mind. It was not by any native inclination, or strength, or power which they had, but it was all to be traced to God. Comp. Eph 2:10.

Who also hath given. In addition to the fitting for eternal glory he has given us the earnest of the Spirit to sustain us here. We are not only prepared to enter into heaven, but we have here also the support produced by the earnest of the Spirit.

The earnest of the Spirit. On the meaning of this, 2Cor 1:22". He has given to us the Holy Spirit as the pledge or assurance of the eternal inheritance.

(a) "wrought us" Isa 29:23, Eph 2:10 (b) "earnest of" Eph 1:14

Ephesians 1:14

Verse 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance. On the meaning of the, 2Cor 1:22.

Until the redemption. 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--περιποιησις--occurs in the following places in the New Testament: 1Thes 5:9, rendered "to obtain salvation;" 2Thes 2:14 to the obtaining of the glory of the Lord;" Heb 10:39, "to the saving of the soul;" 1Pet 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

(c) "of our inheritance" 2Cor 5:5 (a) "of the purchased" Rom 8:23 (b) "possession" Acts 20:28 (c) "of his glory" Eph 1:6,12