2 Corinthians 1:21

God's faithfulness The Holy Spirit Strength and help in weakness Identity and self-worth

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

²⁰ For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,

²² placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

²³ I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
KJV: Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
WEB: Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,
ASV: Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
DARBY: Now he that establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, [is] God,
BLB: Now the One establishing us with you⁺ into Christ, and having anointed us, [is] God,

ÅB: Men den som binder oss tillikemed dere fast til Kristus, og som salvet oss, det er Gud,
OTB: Det er Gud som stadfester både oss og dere i Kristus, og som har salvet oss,
B1930: Men den som binder oss tillikemed eder fast til Kristus, og som salvet oss, det er Gud,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 John 2:27
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
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1 John 2:20
You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
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1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
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Romans 8:9
You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
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Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
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2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
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Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
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2 Corinthians 5:5
And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
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