2 Corinthians 1:21-22
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21 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, 22 who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
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2 Corinthians 1:21-22
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21 But it is God Who confirms and makes us steadfast and establishes us [in joint fellowship] with you in Christ, and has consecrated and anointed us [[a]enduing us with the gifts of the Holy Spirit];
22 [He has also appropriated and acknowledged us as His by] putting His seal upon us and giving us His [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as the security deposit and guarantee [of the fulfillment of His promise].
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- 2 Corinthians 1:21 Brooke F. Westcott, The Epistles of Saint John, has a helpful insight here in his comment on I John 2:20.
Isaiah 10:27
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27 It will happen in that day that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
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Isaiah 10:27
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27 And it shall be in that day that the burden of [the Assyrian] shall depart from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck. The yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness [which prevents it from going around your neck].(A)
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Proverbs 25:11
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11 A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Proverbs 25:11
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11 A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver.(A)
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Proverbs 15:23
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23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth.
How good is a word at the right time!
Proverbs 15:23
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23 A man has joy in making an apt answer, and a word spoken at the right moment—how good it is!
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