And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
Parallel translations
- WEB For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
- KJV And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the 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.
- NLT And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.
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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 for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
- 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,
- John 17:17Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
- 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:
- Heb 10:5–10Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, “Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire, but you prepared a body for me.
- 2 Cor 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
- 2 Tim 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
- 1 Th 4:7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
- 2 Cor 4:15For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
- Heb 9:26or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
- Heb 10:29How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
- Heb 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness 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 her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
- Heb 9:18Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.
- John 10:36do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’
- Jer 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
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