And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Parallel translations
- WEB For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
- BSB For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.
- NKJV And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
- NASB And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
- NLT And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.
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Quick answer
Jesus consecrates himself for the disciples' sake, so that they too may be sanctified in truth. His self-offering is the basis of their holiness.
Overview
Here 'sanctify myself' refers to Jesus setting himself apart for his sacrificial death. He dedicates himself wholly to the Father's will, supremely at the cross, in order that his people may be made holy. This links the disciples' sanctification directly to Christ's atoning work: their consecration to God is purchased and grounded in his self-giving.
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- Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
- Heb 2:11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
- John 17:17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
- 1 Cor 1:2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
- Heb 10:5–10Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
- 2 Cor 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
- 2 Tim 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
- 1 Th 4:7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
- 2 Cor 4:15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
- Heb 9:26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
- Heb 10:29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
- Heb 9:13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
- Isa 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
- Heb 9:18Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
- John 10:36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
- Jer 1:5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
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