1 Corinthians 6:11

And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

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In The King James Version

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

In Context

10Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

12I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

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Cross References

Psalms 51:2\51:1\When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

Proverbs 30:12There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

Isaiah 45:25In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.

Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

Matthew 20:4And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.

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Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 6:10-12

Solemn Warnings. ( a. d. 57.) 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Here he takes occasion to… Read the whole commentary →

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