Verse 11
11. Washed Greek middle voice, Ye have washed yourselves; that is, by regeneration internally, symbolized by baptism, externally.
Sanctified And, therefore, these sensualities are the opposite of your character.
Justified And so such practices must forfeit your justification, and exclude you from the kingdom of God.
This paragraph condemns, 1. All idea that the being once justified insures, in spite of relapse into vice, a secured inheritance of God’s glorified kingdom; and, 2. All Antinomianism; that is, the doctrine that a Christian’s professional holiness renders his sin and vice righteous and safe, so that he may transgress with impunity.
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