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New King James Version

1 Corinthians 6:11

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ablution;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Continued;   Justification;   Regeneration;   Righteous;   Salvation;   Sanctification;   Sin;   Washing;   Thompson Chain Reference - Cleansing;   Defilement-Cleansing;   Faith;   Justification;   Purification of Heart;   Righteousness;   Sanctified Ones;   The Topic Concordance - Cleanness;   Holy Spirit;   Inheritance;   Justification;   Kingdom of God;   Name;   Resurrection;   Sanctification;   Unrighteousness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Church, the;   Holy Spirit, the Personality of;   Justification before God;   Sanctification;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Corinth;   Corinthians, letters to the;   Divorce;   Fornication;   Holiness;   Holy spirit;   Marriage;   Mission;   Sanctification;   Sin;   Trinity;   Water;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baptize, Baptism;   Call, Calling;   Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Fellowship;   Holy, Holiness;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of;   Judges, Theology of;   Justification;   Sanctification;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Holy Ghost;   Meditation;   Perseverance;   Righteousness;   Sanctification;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hand;   Sanctification;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Harlot;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ablutions;   Adultery;   Baptism;   Gentiles;   Homosexuality;   Immorality;   Justification;   Philosophy in the New Testament;   Sanctification;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Corinthians, First Epistle to the;   Ethics;   Justification, Justify;   Paul the Apostle;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Baptism;   Day of Judgment;   Fellowship;   Holiness Purity;   Holy Spirit;   Impotence;   Mediation Mediator;   Organization (2);   Repentance;   Sacraments;   Sanctification;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Worldliness;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Sanctification;   Washing;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baptism (Non-Immersionist View);   Baptism (Lutheran Doctrine);   Baptismal Regeneration;   Church;   Conscience;   Name;   Regeneration;   Sanctification;   Wash;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 11;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 8;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
In the past some of you were like that. But you were washed clean, you were made holy, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Revised Standard Version
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And soche ware ye verely: but ye are wesshed: ye are sanctified: ye are iustified by the name of the Lorde Iesus and by the sprete of oure God.
Hebrew Names Version
Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Yeshua, and in the Spirit of our God.
International Standard Version
That is what some of you were! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and inby">[fn] the Spirit of our God.1 Corinthians 1:30; 12:2; Ephesians 2:2; 4:22; 5:8; Colossians 3:7; Titus 3:3; Hebrews 10:22;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
New Century Version
In the past, some of you were like that, but you were washed clean. You were made holy, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Update Bible Version
And such were some of you: but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
English Standard Version
And such were some of you. 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.
World English Bible
Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
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.
Weymouth's New Testament
And all this describes what some of you were. But now you have had every stain washed off: now you have been set apart as holy: now you have been pronounced free from guilt; in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ye weren sum tyme these thingis; but ye ben waischun, but ye ben halewid, but ye ben iustefied in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and in the spirit of oure God.
English Revised Version
And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
Berean Standard Bible
And 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.
Contemporary English Version
Some of you used to be like that. But now the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of God's Spirit have washed you and made you holy and acceptable to God.
Amplified Bible
And such were some of you [before you believed]. But you were washed [by the atoning sacrifice of Christ], you were sanctified [set apart for God, and made holy], you were justified [declared free of guilt] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God [the source of the believer's new life and changed behavior].
American Standard Version
And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
Bible in Basic English
And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Complete Jewish Bible
Some of you used to do these things. But you have cleansed yourselves, you have been set apart for God, you have come to be counted righteous through the power of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah and the Spirit of our God.
Darby Translation
And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Etheridge Translation
And these were some of you but you are washed, and sanctified, and justified in the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and by the Spirit of our God.
Murdock Translation
And these things have been in some of you: but ye are washed, and are sanctified, and made righteous, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and by the Spirit of our God.
King James Version (1611)
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are iustified in the Name of the Lord Iesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
New Living Translation
Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
New Life Bible
Some of you were like that. But now your sins are washed away. You were set apart for God-like living to do His work. You were made right with God through our Lord Jesus Christ by the Spirit of our God.
New Revised Standard
And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And such were some of you: but yee are washed, but yee are sanctified, but yee are iustified in the Name of the Lorde Iesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
George Lamsa Translation
And some of these evils were to be found in some of you, but you have been cleansed, and have been sanctified, and made righteous in the name of our LORD Jesus Christ, and through the Spirit of our God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, these things, were some of you; but ye bathed them away, - but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified, in the name of ourLord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And such some of you were. But you are washed: but you are sanctified: but you are justified: in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And such were some of you: but ye are wasshed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are iustified in the name of the Lord Iesus, and by the spirite of our God.
Good News Translation
Some of you were like that. But you have been purified from sin; you have been dedicated to God; you have been put right with God by the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Christian Standard Bible®
And some of you used to be like this. 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.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And some of you were these things, but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Literal Translation
And some of you were these things, but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
Young's Literal Translation
And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And soch haue some of you bene, but ye are wasshed, ye are sanctified, ye are made righteous by the name of the LORDE Iesus, and by the sprete of oure God.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and such were some of you: but you have been washed, you have been sanctified, you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the spirit of our God.
New English Translation
Some of you once lived this way. 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.
Simplified Cowboy Version
I know some of you used to do those things, but you sit in a new saddle now. It's been oiled and washed clean and so have you. Y'all are holy now. You've been made right with God by asking to ride for Jesus Christ and be guided by the Holy Ghost.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Legacy Standard Bible
And such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Contextual Overview

9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, [fn] nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

such: 1 Corinthians 12:2, Romans 6:17-19, Ephesians 2:1-3, Ephesians 4:17-22, Ephesians 5:8, Colossians 3:5-7, Titus 3:3-6, 1 Peter 4:2, 1 Peter 4:3

but ye are washed: Psalms 51:2, Psalms 51:7, Proverbs 30:12, Isaiah 1:16, Jeremiah 4:14, Ezekiel 36:25, John 13:10, Acts 22:16, Ephesians 5:26, Titus 3:5, Hebrews 10:22, 1 Peter 3:21, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 7:14

but ye are sanctified: 1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Acts 26:18, Galatians 5:22, Galatians 5:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, Hebrews 2:11, 1 Peter 1:2, 1 Peter 1:22

but ye are justified: Isaiah 45:25, Isaiah 53:11, Luke 18:14, Acts 13:39, Romans 3:24, Romans 3:26-30, Romans 4:5, Romans 5:1, Romans 5:9, Romans 8:30, Romans 8:33, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:8, Galatians 3:11, Galatians 3:24, Titus 3:7, James 2:21-26

Reciprocal: Exodus 19:10 - sanctify Leviticus 8:6 - washed Leviticus 11:40 - eateth Leviticus 14:48 - shall come in Leviticus 15:28 - General Leviticus 22:6 - General 2 Kings 5:10 - wash 2 Chronicles 4:6 - ten lavers Job 25:4 - how can Isaiah 29:24 - also Ezekiel 16:9 - washed Daniel 12:10 - shall be Zechariah 3:4 - and I will Zechariah 13:1 - a fountain Matthew 20:4 - Go Matthew 21:29 - he repented Luke 23:42 - Lord John 3:5 - and of John 5:4 - was made John 13:5 - to wash John 13:8 - If John 19:34 - came Acts 20:32 - which are Romans 3:28 - General Romans 6:19 - for as ye 2 Corinthians 1:1 - all Ephesians 2:2 - in time Ephesians 2:11 - remember Ephesians 2:13 - are Ephesians 4:28 - him that Colossians 3:7 - General 1 Thessalonians 4:3 - your Hebrews 10:10 - we Hebrews 13:12 - sanctify 1 John 1:7 - and the 1 John 1:9 - and to

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
Genesis 7:1
Luke 17:26,27">[xr] Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD."
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD.
2 Chronicles 34:27
because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you," says the LORD.
Psalms 11:5
The LORD tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
Psalms 55:9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 140:11
Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him."
Isaiah 60:18
Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, Neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; But you shall call your walls Salvation, And your gates Praise.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And such were some of you,.... Not all, but some of them; and of these everyone was not guilty of all these crimes; but some had been guilty of one, and others of another; so that they had been all committed by one or another of them. The Corinthians were a people very much given to uncleanness and luxury, without measure i, which was the ruin of their state: and among these wicked people God had some chosen vessels of salvation; who are put in mind of their former state, partly for their present humiliation, when they considered what they once were, no better than others, but children of wrath, even as others; and partly to observe to them, and the more to illustrate and magnify the grace of God in their conversion, pardon, justification, and salvation; as also to point out to them the obligations that lay upon them to live otherwise now than they formerly did.

But ye are washed; which is not to be understood of external washing, of corporeal ablution, or of their being baptized in water; so they might be, and yet not be cleansed from their filthiness, either by original or actual transgressions; nor of the washing of regeneration, which more properly comes under the next head; but of their being washed from their sins by the blood of Christ, through the application of it to them, for the remission of them; which supposes them to have been polluted, as they were originally, being conceived in sin, and shapen in iniquity; naturally, for who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? and internally, in heart, mind, and conscience; also universally, both as to persons, and as to the powers and faculties of their souls, and members of their bodies; and that they could not wash and cleanse themselves by any ceremonial purifications, moral duties, or evangelical performances; but that this was a blessing of grace they enjoyed through the blood of Christ, by which they were washed from their sins, both in the sight of God, his justice being satisfied for them, they were all pardoned and done away, so as to be seen no more, and they appeared unblamable and irreprovable in his sight; and also in their own apprehensions, for being convinced of their pollution, and being directed to Christ for cleansing, the Spirit of God took his blood, and sprinkled it on their consciences, to the appeasement of them, the removal of sin from thence, and a non-remembrance of it.

But ye are sanctified; which designs not their sanctification by God the Father, which is no other than the eternal separation of them from himself, or his everlasting choice of them to eternal happiness; nor the sanctification of them, or the expiation of their sins by the blood of Christ, this is meant in the former clause; nor their sanctification in Christ, or the imputation of his holiness with his obedience and death for their justification, which is intended in the following one; but the sanctification of the Spirit, which lies in a principle of spiritual life infused into the soul, in a spiritual light in the understanding, in a flexion of the will to the will of God, both in grace and providence, in a settlement of the affections on divine objects, and in an implantation of every grace; which is a gradual work, as yet not perfect, but will be fulfilled in all in whom it is begun.

But ye are justified; not by the works of the law, but by the righteousness of Christ. Justified they were from all eternity, as soon as Christ became a surety for them; and so they were when he rose from the dead, who were justified as their head and surety, and they in him; but here it is to be understood of their being justified in the court of conscience, under the witnessings of the Spirit of God; who having convinced them of the insufficiency of their own righteousness, and having brought near the righteousness of Christ unto them, and wrought faith in them to lay hold on it, pronounced them justified persons in their own consciences; whence followed joy, peace, and comfort.

In the name of the Lord Jesus; which may refer, as the following clause, to all that is said before: by "the name of the Lord Jesus" may be meant he himself; and the sense be, that they were washed by his blood, sanctified by his Spirit, and justified by his righteousness; or it may intend the merit and efficacy of Christ's blood, sacrifice, and righteousness; as that their sins were pardoned, and they cleansed from them through the merit of the blood of Christ shed for the remission of their sins; and that they were regenerated and sanctified through the efficacy of Christ's resurrection from the dead; and were instilled by the grace of God, through the redemption that is in Christ: or else the name of Christ may design his Gospel, through which they received the knowledge of God's way of pardoning sinners, and justifying them, and the Spirit of God, as a spirit of regeneration and sanctification:

and by the Spirit of our God; who sprinkled the blood of Christ upon them, to the cleansing of them; who sanctified their hearts, and revealed the righteousness of Christ unto them for their justification, and pronounced the sentence of it upon them. It is to be observed, that all the three persons, Father, Son, and Spirit, are here mentioned, as being jointly concerned in those acts of grace.

i Aelian. Hist. var. l. 1. c. 19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And such - Such drunkards, lascivious, and covetous persons. This shows:

(1) The exceeding grace of God that could recover even such persons from sins so debasing and degrading.

(2) It shows that we are not to despair of reclaiming the most abandoned and wretched people.

(3) It is well for Christians to look back on what they once were. It will produce:

(a)Humility,

(b)Gratitude,

(c)A deep sense of the sovereign mercy of God,

(d)An earnest desire that others may be recovered and saved in like manner; compareEphesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 5:8; Colossians 3:7; Titus 3:3, Titus 3:6 - The design of this is to remind them of what they were, and to show them that they were now under obligation to lead better lives - by all the mercy which God had shown in recovering them from sins so degrading, and from a condition so dreadful.

But ye are washed - Hebrews 10:22. Washing is an emblem of purifying. They had been made pure by the Spirit of God. They had been, indeed, baptized, and their baptism was an emblem of purifying, but the thing here particularly referred to is not baptism, but it is something that had been done by the Spirit of God, and must refer to his agency on the heart in cleansing them from these pollutions. Paul here uses three words, “washed, sanctified, justified,” to denote the various agencies of the Holy Spirit by which they had been recovered from sin. The first, that of washing, I understand of that work of the Spirit by which the process of purifying was commenced in the soul, and which was especially signified in baptism - the work of regeneration or conversion to God. By the agency of the Spirit the defilement of these pollutions had been washed away or removed - as filth is removed by ablution - The agency of the Holy Spirit in regeneration is elsewhere represented by washing, Titus 3:5,” The washing of regeneration.” compare Hebrews 10:22.

Ye are sanctified - This denotes the progressive and advancing process of purifying which succeeds regeneration in the Christian. Regeneration is the commencement of it - its close is the perfect purity of the Christian in heaven; see the note at John 17:17. It does not mean that they were perfect - for the reasoning of the apostle shows that this was far from being the case with the Corinthians; but that the work was advancing, and that they were in fact under a process of sanctification.

But ye are justified - Your sins are pardoned, and you are accepted as righteous, and will be treated as such on account of the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ; see the note at Romans 1:17; note at Romans 3:25-26; note at Romans 4:3. The apostle does not say that this was last in the order of time, but simply says that this was done to them. People are justified when they believe, and when the work of sanctification commences in the soul.

In the name of the Lord Jesus - That is, by the Lord Jesus; by his authority, appointment, influence; see the note at Acts 3:6. All this had been accomplished through the Lord Jesus; that is, in his name forgiveness of sins had been proclaimed to them Luke 24:47; and by his merits all these favors had been conferred on them.

And by the Spirit of our God - The Holy Spirit. All this had been accomplished by his agency on the heart - This verse brings in the whole subject of redemption, and states in a most emphatic manner the various stages by which a sinner is saved, and by this single passage, a man may obtain all the essential knowledge of the plan of salvation. All is condensed here in few words:

(1) He is by nature a miserable and polluted sinner - without merit, and without hope.

(2) He is renewed by the Holy Spirit, and washed by baptism.

(3) He is justified, pardoned, and accepted as righteous, through the merits of the Lord Jesus alone.

(4) He is made holy - becomes sanctified - and more and more like God, and fit for heaven.

(5) All this is done by the agency of the Holy Spirit.

(6) The obligation thence results that be should lead a holy life, and forsake sin in every form.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 6:11. And such were some of you — It was not with the prospect of collecting saints that the apostles went about preaching the Gospel of the kingdom. None but sinners were to be found over the face of the earth; they preached that sinners might be converted unto God, made saints, and constituted into a Church; and this was the effect as well as the object of their preaching.

But ye are washed — Several suppose that the order in which the operations of the grace of God take place in the soul is here inverted; but I am of a very different mind. Every thing will appear here in its order, when we understand the terms used by the apostle.

Ye are washed, απελουσασθε; ye have been baptized into the Christian faith, and ye have promised in this baptism to put off all filthiness of the flesh and spirit: and the washing of your bodies is emblematical of the purification of your souls.

Ye are sanctified — ηγιασθητε; from α, privative, and γη, the earth; ye are separated from earthly things to be connected with spiritual. Ye are separated from time to be connected with eternity. Ye are separated from idols to be joined to the living God. Separation from common, earthly, or sinful uses, to be wholly employed in the service of the true God, is the ideal meaning of this word, both in the Old and New Testaments. It was in consequence of their being separated from the world that they became a Church of God. Ye were formerly workers of iniquity, and associated with workers of iniquity; but now ye are separated from them, and united together to work out your salvation with fear and trembling before God.

Ye are justified — εδικαιωθητε. Ye have been brought into a state of favour with God; your sins having been blotted out through Christ Jesus, the Spirit of God witnessing the same to your conscience, and carrying on by his energy the great work of regeneration in your hearts. The process here is plain and simple:-

1. Paul and his brother apostles preached the Gospel at Corinth, and besought the people to turn from darkness to light-from idol vanities to the living God, and to believe in the Lord Jesus for the remission of sins.

2. The people who heard were convinced of the Divine truths delivered by the apostle, and flocked to baptism.

3. They were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, and thus took upon them the public profession of the Gospel.

4. Being now baptized into the Christian faith, they were separated from idols and idolaters, and became incorporated with the Church of God.

5. As penitents, they were led to the Lord Jesus for justification, which they received through faith in his blood.

6. Being justified freely-having their sins forgiven through the redemption that is in Jesus, they received the Spirit of God to attest this glorious work of grace to their consciences; and thus became possessed of that principle of righteousness, that true leaven which was to leaven the whole lump, producing that universal holiness without which none can see the Lord.


 
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