Ephesians 1:13-14

1:13 And when ¹  you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christ ²  – you were marked with the seal ³  of the promised Holy Spirit, ⁴  1:14 who is the down payment ⁵  of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, ⁶  to the praise of his glory.

¹ tn Grk “in whom you also, when…” (continuing the sentence from v. 12).

² tn Grk “in whom also having believed.” The relative pronoun “whom” has been replaced in the translation with its antecedent (“Christ”) to improve the clarity.

³ tn Or “you were sealed.”

⁴ tn Grk “the Holy Spirit of promise.” Here ἐπαγγελίας (epangelias, “of promise”) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

⁵ tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit.”

⁶ tn Grk “the possession.”