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Which . . . possession. In parenthesis.
the earnest = a pledge. See 2Co_1:22. The gift of the new nature (spirit) is a pledge of God's future gifts in the same kind, thus differing from any ordinary pledge. Compare 1Pe_1:4.
inheritance. Greek. kleronomia. See Act_20:32. Compare our inheritance here, and His inheritance, Eph_1:18.
until = unto. Greek. eis. App-104.
purchased possession. Greek. peripoiesis. Here; 1Th_5:9. 2Th_2:14. Heb_10:39. 1Pe_2:9. Compare Act_20:28.