let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

— Hebrews 10:22

For by a single offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

— Hebrews 10:14

1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by His blood, much more shall we be saved by Him from the wrath of God.

— Romans 5:1, 9

38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

39 Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

— Acts 13:38-39

5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

6 This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

7 so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

— Titus 3:5-7

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and salvation from Christ to you.

1 Corinthians 6:11 is a powerful declaration comes where Paul reminds the early church of their radical identity shift. It powerfully contrasts their past struggles and sinful lifestyles with the new life they have found in Christ. At the same tim, Paul emphasizes believers’ life transformation is not achieved by our own efforts, but completely accomplished in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:11 beautifully breaks down the transformation of believers into three distinct pillars: (1) having been washed, being cleansed from the guilt, stain, and power of past sin through the grace and sacrifice of Jesus; (2) having been sanctified, being set apart and made holy for God’s purposes, continuously being transformed to live a life that honors Him; (3) having been declared completely righteous before God, as if we had never sinned, through your faith in His Son.