Sanctification
Becoming what you already are — the lifelong work of being shaped into the likeness of Christ
Sanctification is the ongoing process by which a believer is made holy and conformed to Christ. Paul urges the Thessalonians toward holiness (1 Thessalonians 4) and in Romans 6 ties it to dying and rising with Christ. Traditions differ on how it relates to justification and on whether perfection can be reached in this life: some, such as the Wesleyan tradition, teach a form of Christian perfection, while others deny it is attainable here.
How it traveled
- 1 PeterRome · 64explains
- 2 PeterRome · 64explains
- RomansCorinth · 67explains
- HebrewsRome · 67explains
- EphesiansRome · 67explains
- 1 CorinthiansEphesus · 67explains
- ColossiansRome · 67explains
- PhilippiansRome · 67explains
- 1 ThessaloniansCorinth · 67explains
- 2 CorinthiansPhilippi · 67explains
- 2 TimothyRome · 67applies
- 1 JohnEphesus · 100explains
- JohnEphesus · 100explains
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh.— · 220explains
- The Catechetical Lectures of S. CyrilJerusalem · 386explains
- Select Orations of Saint Gregory NazianzenNazianzus · 390explains
- The Homilies of St. John ChrysostomConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Homilies on First CorinthiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the RomansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and ThessaloniansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the HebrewsConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and EphesiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and PhilemonConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- A Commentary on the Acts of the ApostlesConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Homilies on Second CorinthiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. JohnConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies on the Statues to the People of AntiochConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Treatise Concerning the Christian PriesthoodConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Instructions to CatechumensConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Doubtful Letters of Sulpitius SeverusToulouse (Aquitaine) · 425applies
Key passages(20)
Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts · Jonathan Edwards
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts · Jonathan Edwards
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts · Jonathan Edwards
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts · Jonathan Edwards
A Treatise on Nature and Grace · Augustine of Hippo
Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians · John Chrysostom
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon · John Chrysostom