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NASB | 1 Corinthians 1:2 ¶ To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 1:2 ¶ To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified (set apart, made holy) in Christ Jesus, who are selected and called as saints (God's people), together with all those who in every place call on and honor the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: |
Bible Question (short): Subsequent process |
Question (full): biblicalman I would not use 2Thes 2:13 to indicate that the sanctification process starts before we become Christians. Is there any reason to indicate that the "from the beginning" is referring to anything other than God's choosing of us (predestinating us from before the foundation of the world) unto salvation? The process of sanctification of the Spirit doing the work in us starts from the time we believe the truth. In what sense would you say we are sanctified before we believe? Yes, I appreciate that, in the eternal mind of God, we always were His but that speaks more of justification than sanctification, which (if the word means anything distinctive) is a subsequent process. |