Sanctification
A study on being set apart for God's holy purpose and progressive transformation.
This study explores the biblical concept of sanctification, examining how believers are set apart by God and progressively transformed into His likeness through the work of Christ and the Holy Spirit.
All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Summary by Book
John
4And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Romans
3Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians
2To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
2 Corinthians
1Galatians
1Ephesians
2that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
Philippians
3being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
1 Thessalonians
2For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality;
Hebrews
3By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
1 Peter
2Jude
1Thematic Index
Sanctification by Christ's Sacrifice
Sanctification by God's Word and Truth
Progressive Sanctification and Growth
New Creation and Transformation in Christ
Call to Holiness and Purity
Complete Sanctification and Preservation
Abiding in Christ for Fruitfulness
Dead to Sin, Alive to God
All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.