²⁸ Then ^(A)the nations will know that ^(B)I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when ^(C)my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”

¹² Moreover, I gave them ^(A)my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, ^(B)that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

^17 (A)Sanctify them^[a] in the truth; ^(B)your word is truth. ^18 (C)As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ And ^(D)for their sake ^(E)I consecrate myself,^[b] that they also ^(F)may be sanctified^[c] in truth.

¹³ “You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.

^23 (A)And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. ^(B)And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

²³ Now may ^(A)the God of peace himself ^(B)sanctify you completely, and may your ^(C)whole ^(D)spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at ^(E)the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁶ that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ^(A)the washing of water ^(B)with the word,

³⁰ And because of him^[a] you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us ^(A)wisdom from God, ^(B)righteousness and ^(C)sanctification and ^(D)redemption,

¹⁵ For if their rejection means ^(A)the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?