1 Corinthians 6:11

Such were some of you—but you were washed, sanctified, and justified in Christ and the Spirit. It matters because it celebrates the complete transformation the gospel works in sinners.

Cross-references · 40

• 1 Cor 1:30Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
• Col 3:5–7Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
• Rom 6:17–19But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.
• 1 Cor 1:2to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
• Acts 22:16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
• 1 Pet 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
• Rom 8:30Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
• Titus 3:3–7For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
• Heb 10:22let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
• Eph 5:26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
• Acts 26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
• Eph 5:8For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
• Rom 5:1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Acts 13:39and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
• Rom 8:33Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
• Eph 4:17–22This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
• Gal 5:22–23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
• 2 Th 2:13But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
• Gal 3:11Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”
• Eph 2:1–3You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
• Ps 51:2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
• Gal 2:16yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
• Rev 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
• Ps 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
• Isa 53:11After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.
• Rom 3:24being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
• 1 Cor 12:2You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.
• Gal 3:8The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
• Ezek 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Rev 7:14I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.
• Heb 2:11For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
• Rom 5:9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.
• Isa 1:16Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
• Gal 3:24So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
• Rom 3:26–30to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
• Prov 30:12There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
• Isa 45:25All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh, and will rejoice!
• Rom 4:5But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
• 1 Pet 4:2–3that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
• 1 Pet 3:21This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you — not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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