21 [a]And it is God which established us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us.

22 Who hath also sealed us, and hath given the [b]earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

23 [c]Now, I call God for a record unto my [d]soul, that to spare you, I came not as yet unto Corinth.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:21 He attributeth the praise of this constancy, only to the grace of God, through the holy Ghost, and therewithall concludeth that they cannot doubt of his faith, and his fellows, without doing injury to the Spirit of God, seeing that they themselves do know all this to be true.
  2. 2 Corinthians 1:22 An earnest, is, whatsoever is given to confirm a promise.
  3. 2 Corinthians 1:23 Now coming to the matter, he sweareth, that he did not only, not lightly alter his purpose of coming to them, but rather that he came not unto them for this cause, that he might not be constrained to deal more sharply, with them being present, than he would.
  4. 2 Corinthians 1:23 Against myself and to the danger of mine own life.

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