Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
On of His Spirit, tending towards perfection, and preparing us for in corruption, being little by little accustomed to receive and bear God; which also the apostle terms "an earnest "that is, a part of the honour which has been promised us by God, where he says in the Epistle to the Ephesians, "In which ye also, having heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation, believing in which we have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance."
