2 Corinthians 1:21
New International Version
Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us,

New Living Translation
It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us,

English Standard Version
And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us,

Berean Standard Bible
Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,

Berean Literal Bible
Now the One establishing us with you unto Christ, and having anointed us, is God,

King James Bible
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

New King James Version
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,

New American Standard Bible
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,

NASB 1995
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,

NASB 1977
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,

Amplified Bible
Now it is God who establishes and confirms us [in joint fellowship] with you in Christ, and who has anointed us [empowering us with the gifts of the Spirit];

Christian Standard Bible
Now it is God who strengthens us together with you in Christ, and who has anointed us.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now it is God who strengthens us, with you, in Christ and has anointed us.

American Standard Version
Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But it is God who establishes us with you in The Messiah, he who has anointed us.

Contemporary English Version
And so God makes it possible for you and us to stand firmly together with Christ. God is also the one who chose us

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now he that confirmeth us with you in Christ, and that hath anointed us, is God:

English Revised Version
Now he that stablisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God establishes us, together with you, in a relationship with Christ. He has also anointed us.

Good News Translation
It is God himself who makes us, together with you, sure of our life in union with Christ; it is God himself who has set us apart,

International Standard Version
Now the one who makes us—and you as well—secure in union with the Messiah and has anointed us is God,

Literal Standard Version
and He who is confirming you with us into Christ, and anointed us, [is] God,

Majority Standard Bible
Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,

New American Bible
But the one who gives us security with you in Christ and who anointed us is God;

NET Bible
But it is God who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anointed us,

New Revised Standard Version
But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us,

New Heart English Bible
Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

Webster's Bible Translation
Now he who establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

Weymouth New Testament
But He who is making us as well as you stedfast through union with the Anointed One, and has anointed us, is God,

World English Bible
Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,

Young's Literal Translation
and He who is confirming you with us into Christ, and did anoint us, is God,

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Context
Paul's Change of Plans
20For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God. 21Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us, 22placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.…

Cross References
Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

1 Corinthians 1:8
He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

1 John 2:20
You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

1 John 2:27
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.


Treasury of Scripture

Now he which establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is God;

stablisheth.

2 Corinthians 5:5
Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Psalm 37:23,24
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way…

Psalm 87:5
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

anointed.

Psalm 45:7
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Isaiah 59:21
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

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2 Corinthians 1
1. Paul salutes the Corinthians;
3. he encourages them against troubles,
5. by the comforts and deliverances which God had given him,
8. so particularly in his late danger in Asia.
12. And calling both his own conscience and theirs,
15. he excuses his not coming to them, as proceeding not of lightness,
23. but of his care for them.














(21) He which stablisheth us with you . . .--For a moment the thought of an apology for his own conduct is merged in the higher thought of the greatness of his mission. The word "stablisheth," or "confirmed," as in 1Corinthians 1:8, is connected with the previous "Amen" as the emphatic formula of ratification. In the insertion of "with you" we note St. Paul's characteristic anxiety to avoid the appearance of claiming for himself what others might not claim with equal right. He repeats the confident hope which he had expressed in 1Corinthians 1:8.

In Christ.--Literally, into Christ, as though the result of the "establishing" was an actual incorporation with Him. This seems a truer interpretation than that which paraphrases, "confirms us in believing on Christ."

And hath anointed us.--Literally, and anointed, as referring to a definite moment in the life of the disciples. The verb follows naturally on the mention of Christ the Anointed One. The time referred to is that when, on baptism or the laying on of hands (Acts 8:17), they had received the first-fruits of the gift of the Spirit, as in Acts 2:38; Acts 8:17; Acts 10:44; Acts 19:6; the "unction from the Holy One" (1John 2:20; 1John 2:27). . . .

Verse 21. - Now he that stablisheth us. They will have seen, then, that steadfastness not levity, immutability not vacillation, has been the subject of their teaching. Who is the Source of that steadfastness? God, who anointed us and confirmed us, and you with us, into unity with his Anointed. With you. We partake alike of this Christian steadfastness; to impugn mine is to nullify your own. In Christ; rather, into Christ, so as to be one with him. They are already "in Christo;" they would aim more and more to be established "in Christurn." Who anointed us. Every Christian is a king and priest to God, and has received an unction from the Holy One (1 John 2:20, 27).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Now
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[it is] God
Θεός (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

who
(Ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

establishes
βεβαιῶν (bebaiōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 950: To confirm, ratify, secure, establish; pass: I guarantee. From bebaios; to stabilitate.

[both] us
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

and
σὺν (syn)
Preposition
Strong's 4862: With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.

you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

in
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Christ.
Χριστὸν (Christon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

He anointed
χρίσας (chrisas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5548: Probably akin to chraomai through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil, i.e. to consecrate to an office or religious service.

us,
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


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