God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit.

为此，培植我们的就是神，他又赐给我们圣灵作凭据。

那为我们安排这事的是上帝，他赐给我们圣灵作凭据。

那为我们安排这事的是神，他赐给我们圣灵作凭据。

是上帝为此目的预备了我们，并赐给了我们圣灵作担保。

那在我们身上完成了工作，使我们达成这目标的，就是神。他已经把圣灵赐给我们作凭据。

为此而预备我们的就是神；他赐给我们圣灵做为预付凭据。

為此，培植我們的就是神，他又賜給我們聖靈作憑據。

那為我們安排這事的是上帝，他賜給我們聖靈作憑據。

那為我們安排這事的是神，他賜給我們聖靈作憑據。

是上帝為此目的預備了我們，並賜給了我們聖靈作擔保。

那在我們身上完成了工作，使我們達成這目標的，就是神。他已經把聖靈賜給我們作憑據。

那造就我們以應此變化的乃是上帝；他先將聖靈做質定賜給我們。

為此而預備我們的就是神；他賜給我們聖靈做為預付憑據。

備我得此者上帝也、且賜聖神為質、

為我行此者上帝、賜聖神為質、

成全我以得此福者、即天主、又以聖神賜我為質、

夫天主之所以創造吾人者、正為此事；且已授吾人以聖神為其保證。

Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

God has formed us for that very purpose. He has given us the Holy Spirit as a down payment. The Spirit makes us sure of what is still to come.

He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a pledge.

Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

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

And the One who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

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

Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

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

and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us.

And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us.

And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.

And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption.

When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs.That place was called the valley of Eshcol( which means“ cluster”), because of the cluster of grapes the Israelite men cut there.After exploring the land for forty days, the men returnedto Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.This was their report to Moses:“ We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country— a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces.

For when they see their many children and all the blessings I have given them, they will recognize the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob. They will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.

For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!

All your people will be righteous. They will possess their land forever, for I will plant them there with my own hands in order to bring myself glory.

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.