2 Corinthians 5:5

English Standard Version

⁵He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, ^(A)who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

2 Corinthians 5:5

New International Version

⁵Now 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)

⁵Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

¹⁸^(A)Of his own will he ^(B)brought us forth by the word of truth, ^(C)that we should be a kind of ^(D)firstfruits of his creatures.

¹⁸He chose to give us birth^(A) through the word of truth,^(B) that we might be a kind of firstfruits^(C) of all he created.

¹⁸Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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