earnest For the {earnest} expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. earnest <2CO1 -22> Who hath also sealed us, and given the {earnest} of the Spirit in our hearts. earnest <2CO5 -5> Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is] God, who also hath given unto us the {earnest} of the Spirit. earnest <2CO7 -7> And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your {earnest} desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. earnest <2CO8 -16> But thanks be] to God, which put the same {earnest} care into the heart of Titus for you. earnest Which is the {earnest} of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. earnest According to my {earnest} expectation and my] hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that] with all boldness, as always, so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be] by life, or by death. earnest Therefore we ought to give the more {earnest} heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them] slip. ~~~~~~