5Now he that has worked us for the selfsame thing is God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.


In Context

2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed on with our house which is from heaven:

3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed on, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

5 Now he that has worked us for the selfsame thing is God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.

6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

2 Corinthians 5:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Now he that maketh us for this very thing, is God, who hath given us the pledge of the Spirit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Now he that has wrought us for this very thing is God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Now he that hath wrought us for this same thing is God, who also hath given to us the earnest of the Spirit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5And He who did work us to this self-same thing is God, who also did give to us the earnest of the Spirit;