Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
grieve not--A condescension to human modes of thought most touching. Compare "vexed His Holy Spirit" (Isaiah 63:10; Psalms 78:40); "fretted me" (Ezekiel 16:43 : implying His tender love to us); and of hardened unbelievers, "resist the Holy Ghost" (Acts 7:51). This verse refers to believers, who grieve the Spirit by inconsistencies such as in the context are spoken of, corrupt or worthless conversation, etc.
whereby ye are sealed--rather, "wherein (or 'in whom') ye were sealed." As in Ephesians 1:13, believers are said to be sealed "in" Christ, so here "in the Holy Spirit," who is one with Christ, and who reveals Christ in the soul: the Greek implies that the sealing was done already once for all. It is the Father "BY" whom believers, as well as the Son Himself, were sealed (John 6:27). The Spirit is represented as itself the seal (Ephesians 1:13, for the image employed, see on Ephesians 1:13). Here the Spirit is the element IN which the believer is sealed, His gracious influences being the seal itself.
unto--kept safely against the day of redemption, namely, of the completion of redemption in the deliverance of the body as well as the soul from all sin and sorrow (Ephesians 1:14; Luke 21:28; Romans 8:23).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 2:7
Song of Solomon 3:5
Song of Solomon 4:12
Isaiah 63:10
Ezekiel 16:43
1 Corinthians 1:8
1 Corinthians 1:30
Ephesians 1:14
Ephesians 4:1
1 Thessalonians 4:8
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