who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
14. Which is the earnest “The original word ἀρ᾿ῥαβών, seems properly to denote the first part of the price that is paid in any contract, as an earnest and security of the remainder, and which, therefore, is not taken back, but kept till the residue is paid to complete the whole sum.
God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ blesses us with all spiritual blessings in and through Him. No good can come from a righteous God to sinful creatures except through His mediation. Where God blesses with spiritual blessings, He blesses with all of them; to whom He gives Christ, He freely gives all these things.
AI summary
Commenting on Ephesians 1:3-14
Which is the earnest of our inheritance,.... The incorruptible and never fading one in heaven, or the heavenly kingdom; this is the Father's gift, his bequest, and belongs only to children; it comes to them through the death of the testator, Christ, and is for ever; and of this the Spirit of God is the pledge and earnest: an earnest, is what confirms an agreement...