John 17:17
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17 Sanctify them in the truth [set them apart for Your purposes, make them holy]; Your word is truth.
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John 17:19
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19 For their sake [a]I sanctify Myself [to do Your will], so that they also may be sanctified [set apart, dedicated, made holy] in [Your] truth.
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- John 17:19 Jesus’ sacrificial death allows Christians to be truly sanctified—set apart for God’s purpose.
1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 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].
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Ephesians 5:25-26
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25 Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify the church, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word [of God],
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Hebrews 10:14
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14 For by the one offering He has perfected forever and completely cleansed those who are being sanctified [bringing each believer to spiritual completion and maturity].
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Hebrews 2:11
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11 Both Jesus who sanctifies and those who are sanctified [that is, spiritually transformed, made holy, and set apart for God’s purpose] are all from one Father; for this reason He is not ashamed to call them [a]brothers and sisters,
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- Hebrews 2:11 Lit brethren.
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