EPHESIANS 1.13-14 ANALYZED

Verse 13 Ye also WERE SEALED (kai umeiß). Ye Gentiles (now Christians), in contrast to hmaß (we) in Acts 12. In whom (en wi). Repeated third time (once in verse Acts 11, twice in Acts 13), and note o or oß in Acts 14. Ye were sealed (espragisqhte). TO SET A SEALof   spragiz First aorist passive indicative of spragizw, old verb, to set a seal on one as a mark or stamp, A MARK OF OWNERSHIP      STIGMA sometimes the marks of ownership or of worship of deities like stigmata (Galatians 6:17). Marked and authenticated as God's heritage as in Galatians 4:30. See2 Corinthians 1:22 for the very use of the metaphor here applied to the Holy Spirit even with the word arrabwn (earnest). Spirit (pneumati). In the instrumental case. AN EARNEST PAYMENT Verse 14 An earnest  ALREADY A PART PAYMENT -- AN EARNEST (arrabwn). See 2 Corinthians 1:22 for discussion of arrabwn. Here "of promise" (thß epaggeliaß) is added to the Holy Spirit to show that Gentiles are also included in God's promise of salvation. Of our inheritance (thß klhronomiaß hmwn).  God's gift of the Holy Spirit is the pledge and first payment for the final inheritance in Christ. Of God's own possession (thß peripoihsews). The word God's is not in the Greek, but is implied. Late and rare word (from peripoiew, to make a survival) with the notion of obtaining (1 Thessalonians 5:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:14) and then of preserving (so in the papyri). So in 1 Peter 2:9; Hebrews 10:39, and here. God has purchased us back to himself . The sealing extends (eis) to the redemption and to the glory of God Obviously this sealing by God has very important implications. Ye were sealed (espragisqhte). There is preserving element involved with the Greek word. espragis When our Lord threw Satan into the abyss, He sealed it. the Greek word (esfragisen )   is used by John the Apostle, meaning Satan well kept in the pit. Verse 13 Ye also WERE SEALED    greek helps AT Robertson (kai umeiß). Ye Gentiles (now Christians), in contrast to hmaß (we) in Acts 12. In whom (en wi). Repeated third time (once in verse Acts 11, twice in Acts 13), and note o or oß in Acts 14. Ye were sealed (espragisqhte). First aorist passive indicative of spragizw, old verb, to set a seal on one as a mark or stamp, sometimes the marks of ownership or of worship of deities like stigmata (Galatians 6:17). Marked and authenticated as God's heritage as in Galatians 4:30. See2 Corinthians 1:22 for the very use of the metaphor here applied to the Holy Spirit even with the word arrabwn (earnest). Spirit (pneumati). In the instrumental case.

Verse 14 An earnest  ALREADY A PART PAYMENT -- AN EARNEST (arrabwn). See 2 Corinthians 1:22 for discussion of arrabwn. Here "of promise" (thß epaggelias) is added to the Holy Spirit to show that Gentiles are also included in God's promise of salvation. Of our inheritance (thß klhronomiaß hmwn).  God's gift of the Holy Spirit is the pledge and first payment for the final inheritance in Christ. Of God's own possession (thß peripoihsews). The word God's is not in the Greek, but is implied. Late and rare word (from peripoiew, to make a survival) with the notion of obtaining (1 Thessalonians 5:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:14) and then of preserving (so in the papyri). So in 1 Peter 2:9; Hebrews 10:39, and here. God has purchased us back to himself . The sealing extends (eis) to the redemption and to the glory of God