Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(A)

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22 set his seal(A) of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(B)

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13 And you also were included in Christ(A) when you heard the message of truth,(B) the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal,(C) the promised Holy Spirit,(D) 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance(E) until the redemption(F) of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.(G)

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23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,(A) groan(B) inwardly as we wait eagerly(C) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(D)

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30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,(A) with whom you were sealed(B) for the day of redemption.(C)

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24 The one who keeps God’s commands(A) lives in him,(B) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(C)

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10 For we are God’s handiwork,(A) created(B) in Christ Jesus to do good works,(C) which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(A)

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    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown(A) of beauty
    instead of ashes,(B)
the oil(C) of joy
    instead of mourning,(D)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting(E) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.(F)

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23 When they see among them their children,(A)
    the work of my hands,(B)
they will keep my name holy;(C)
    they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One(D) of Jacob,
    and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

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23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[a](A) they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates(B) and figs.(C) 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. 25 At the end of forty days(D) they returned from exploring the land.(E)

Report on the Exploration

26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh(F) in the Desert of Paran.(G) There they reported to them(H) and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.(I) 27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey!(J) Here is its fruit.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:23 Eshkol means cluster; also in verse 24.

21 Then all your people will be righteous(A)
    and they will possess(B) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,(C)
    the work of my hands,(D)
    for the display of my splendor.(E)

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