Hebrews 9:13-14
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13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer’s ashes[a] can sanctify those who are defiled so that their flesh is cleansed,(A) 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit[b] offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.(B)
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- 9:13 A heifer’s ashes: ashes from a red heifer that had been burned were mixed with water and used for the cleansing of those who had become ritually defiled by touching a corpse; see Nm 19:9, 14–21.
- 9:14 Through the eternal spirit: this expression does not refer either to the holy Spirit or to the divine nature of Jesus but to the life of the risen Christ, “a life that cannot be destroyed” (Hb 7:16).
Ezekiel 36:25
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25 [a](A)I will sprinkle clean water over you to make you clean; from all your impurities and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
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- 36:25–26 God’s initiative to cleanse Israel (cf. 24:13–14) is the first act in the creation of a new people, no longer disposed to repeating Israel’s wicked past (chap. 20). To make this restoration permanent, God replaces Israel’s rebellious and obdurate interiority (“heart of stone”) with an interiority (“heart of flesh”) susceptible to and animated by God’s intentions (“my spirit,” v. 27).
1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 That is what some of you used to be; but now you have had yourselves washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.(A)
Sexual Immorality.[a]
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- 6:12–20 Paul now turns to the opinion of some Corinthians that sexuality is a morally indifferent area (1 Cor 6:12–13). This leads him to explain the mutual relation between the Lord Jesus and our bodies (1 Cor 6:13b) in a densely packed paragraph that contains elements of a profound theology of sexuality (1 Cor 6:15–20).
Titus 3:5
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5 not because of any righteous deeds we had done
but because of his mercy,
he saved us through the bath of rebirth
and renewal by the holy Spirit,(A)
1 Peter 3:21
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21 This prefigured baptism, which saves you now. It is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God[a] for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(A)
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- 3:21 Appeal to God: this could also be translated “pledge,” that is, a promise on the part of Christians to live with a good conscience before God, or a pledge from God of forgiveness and therefore a good conscience for us.
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