New English Translation
1 Corinthians 6:11
11Some of you once lived this way. 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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.
Context of 1 Corinthians 6:11
9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, 10thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. Some of you once lived this way. 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 everything is beneficial. “All things are lawful for me” – but I will not be controlled by anything. 13“Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both.” The body is not 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 often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.
- Romans 6:17But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,
- Ephesians 2:1And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
- Ephesians 4:17So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- Ephesians 5:8for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –
- Colossians 3:5So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
- 1 Peter 4:2in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.
- Psalms 51:2Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin!
- Proverbs 30:12There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
- Isaiah 1:16Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!
- Jeremiah 4:14“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.
- John 13:10Jesus replied, “The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you.”
- Acts 22:16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’
- Ephesians 5:26to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,
- Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in 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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