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What Does the Bible Say About Sanctification?

Here are 16 Bible verses about sanctification, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #12 Timothy 2:21

    If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

    BSBSo if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.

  2. #21 Thessalonians 5:23

    And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    BSBNow may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  3. #3John 17:17

    Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

    BSBSanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

  4. #42 Thessalonians 2:13

    But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

    BSBBut we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

  5. #51 Thessalonians 4:3

    For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

    BSBFor it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

  6. #61 Corinthians 6:11

    And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

    BSBAnd that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

  7. #7Galatians 2:20

    I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

    BSBI have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

  8. #81 Peter 1:2

    Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

    BSBaccording to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

  9. #92 Corinthians 5:17

    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

    BSBTherefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

  10. #10Hebrews 10:14

    For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

    BSBbecause by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

  11. #11Philippians 1:6

    Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

    BSBbeing confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

  12. #121 Corinthians 1:30

    But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

    BSBIt is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

  13. #13Romans 6:6

    Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

    BSBWe know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

  14. #14Hebrews 13:12

    Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

    BSBAnd so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

  15. #15Hebrews 12:14

    Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

    BSBPursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

  16. #16Hebrews 10:10

    By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

    BSBAnd by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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