2 Corinthians 5:5 - The Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:5 - Exposition

He who hath wrought us for the selfsame thing. God prepared and perfected us for this very result, namely, to put on the robe of immortality . The earnest (see 2 Corinthians 1:22 ) The quickening life imparted by the Spirit of life is a pledge and part payment of the incorruptible eternal life. The Spirit is "the Earnest of our inheritance" ( Ephesians 1:14 ; Ephesians 4:30 ).

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

The Pulpit Commentary is a homiletic commentary on the Bible created during the nineteenth century under the direction of Rev. Joseph S. Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. It consists of 23 volumes with 22,000 pages and 95,000 entries, and was written over a 30-year period with 100 contributors.... Show more

2 Corinthians 5:5 - Exposition

2 Corinthians 5:5 - Exposition

The Pulpit Commentary

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