1 Corinthians 6:11

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation, says these things:

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful.”

He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.

Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.

“In that day there will be a spring opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;

that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.

Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness, and from all your idols.

Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

Jesus said to him, “Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”

However one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”

Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”

Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands),

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering.They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.