English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 6:11
11And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
1 Corinthians 6:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Context of 1 Corinthians 6:11
9Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 12"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything. 13"Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food"—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 61 Corinthians 6:11 word by word
καὶ ταῦτά τινες ἦτε· ἀλλ᾽ ἀπελούσασθε ἀλλ᾽ ἡγιάσθητε ἀλλ᾽ ἐδικαιώθητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- suchοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- some of youτιςtis · oneG5100
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- ye are washedἀπολούωapolouō · to wash offG628
- ye are sanctifiedἁγιάζωhagiazō · to sanctifyG37
- ye are justifiedδικαιόωdikaioō · to justifyG1344
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the nameὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
- of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
- of ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 6:11
- 1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
- Romans 6:17But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,
- Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
- Ephesians 4:17Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
- Ephesians 5:8for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
- Colossians 3:5Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
- 1 Peter 4:2so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
- Psalms 51:2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
- Proverbs 30:12There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.
- Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
- Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
- John 13:10Jesus said to him, "The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you."
- Acts 22:16And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'
- Ephesians 5:26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
- Hebrews 10:22let 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.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And such were some of you - It was not with the prospect of collecting saints that the apostles went about preaching the Gospel of the kingdom. None but sinners were to be found over the face of the earth; they preached that sinners might be converted unto God, made saints, and constituted into a Church; and this was the effect as well as the object of their preaching. But ye are washed - Several suppose that the order in which the operations of the grace…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And such - Such drunkards, lascivious, and covetous persons. This shows: (1) The exceeding grace of God that could recover even such persons from sins so debasing and degrading. (2) it shows that we are not to despair of reclaiming the most abandoned and wretched people. (3) it is well for Christians to look back on what they once were. It will produce: (a)humility, (b)gratitude, (c)adeep sense of the sovereign mercy of God, (d)an earnest desire that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-11Verses 9-11 The Corinthians are warned against many great evils, of which they had formerly been guilty. There is much force in these inquiries, when we consider that they were addressed to a people puffed up with a fancy of their being above others in wisdom and knowledge. All unrighteousness is sin; all reigning sin, nay, every actual sin, committed with design, and not repented of, shuts out of the kingdom of heaven. Be not deceived. Men are very much…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11After the strong warning in Leviticus 6:9–10, Paul reassures his readers of their true conversion. But you were washed: (see Acts 22:16) Cleanliness symbolizes the righteousness that comes from forgiveness (see Titus 3:5). God himself made them holy (see 1 Corinthians 1:2). They became right with God through their connection with the Lord Jesus Christ and the transformative work of the Spirit of our God. God forgave them. He views them as righteous (see…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. ye are washed--The Greek middle voice expresses, "Ye have had yourselves washed." This washing implies the admission to the benefits of Christ's salvation generally; of which the parts are; (1) Sanctification, or the setting apart from the world, and adoption into the Church: so "sanctified" is used 1Co 7:14; Joh 17:19. Compare 1Pe 1:2, where it rather seems to mean the setting apart of one as consecrated by the Spirit in the eternal purpose God. (2)…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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