2nd Corinthians Chapter 1 verse 21 Holy Bible
Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
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Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;
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Now he that establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, [is] God,
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Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
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Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
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and He who is confirming you with us into Christ, and did anoint us, `is' God,
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2nd Corinthians 1 : 21 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - Now he that stablisheth us. They will have seen, then, that steadfastness not levity, immutability not vacillation, has been the subject of their teaching. Who is the Source of that steadfastness? God, who anointed us and confirmed us, and you with us, into unity with his Anointed. With you. We partake alike of this Christian steadfastness; to impugn mine is to nullify your own. In Christ; rather, into Christ, so as to be one with him. They are already "in Christo;" they would aim more and more to be established "in Christurn." Who anointed us. Every Christian is a king and priest to God, and has received an unction from the Holy One (1 John 2:20, 27).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) He which stablisheth us with you . . .--For a moment the thought of an apology for his own conduct is merged in the higher thought of the greatness of his mission. The word "stablisheth," or "confirmed," as in 1Corinthians 1:8, is connected with the previous "Amen" as the emphatic formula of ratification. In the insertion of "with you" we note St. Paul's characteristic anxiety to avoid the appearance of claiming for himself what others might not claim with equal right. He repeats the confident hope which he had expressed in 1Corinthians 1:8.In Christ.--Literally, into Christ, as though the result of the "establishing" was an actual incorporation with Him. This seems a truer interpretation than that which paraphrases, "confirms us in believing on Christ."And hath anointed us.--Literally, and anointed, as referring to a definite moment in the life of the disciples. The verb follows naturally on the mention of Christ the Anointed One. The time referred to is that when, on baptism or the laying on of hands (Acts 8:17), they had received the first-fruits of the gift of the Spirit, as in Acts 2:38; Acts 8:17; Acts 10:44; Acts 19:6; the "unction from the Holy One" (1John 2:20; 1John 2:27). . . .