6:111 Corinthians 6:11

Those once described as unrighteous had lived in the grave evils that bar from the kingdom of God, yet some who believed had come out of that very condition.Lt 199, 1899, par. 18+2 They were washed and set apart and declared right in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God, meaning cleansed from sin, made holy, and counted righteous through Christ, His merits, His righteousness, and God's grace.Lt 199, 1899, par. 18+2 The Spirit makes truth powerful to change temper, habits, mind, and character, so that one who submits repents and is remade from a sinner dead in trespasses into a child of God fitted to inherit the kingdom.Lt 199, 1899, par. 18+2 That setting apart embraces the whole person in devotion, piety, and outward life through Christ as righteousness, and it is not mere profession but living in conformity to God's will, growing more like Christ in dependence on Him, shining out in ardent love to God and to fellow men.Ms 55, 1900, par. 6+3 Those who have known this cleansing can point to their own former state when laboring for others still in sin, testifying of a full change from darkness to light to encourage the discouraged and to keep workers from despair over the most unpromising fields.CEv 84.5–85.1+4

The “such were some of you” were the formerly unrighteous, living in the grave sins named just before the verse, who cannot inherit the kingdom of God, yet some of the believers had once been in that very condition.Lt 199, 1899, par. 18+4 Those who had lived in those named sins can be washed, sanctified, and justified through the Lord Jesus and the Spirit of God, and this change is a reformation from unrighteousness that prepares them to inherit the kingdom.Lt 199, 1899, par. 18+2 That sanctification is of the entire man, coming through Jesus Christ as righteousness, so that denying Him as righteousness leaves devotion, piety, and sanctification of the outer life absent.Ms 55, 1900, par. 6+3

They are washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God, meaning cleansed, made holy, and counted righteous and declared right through Christ, His merits, His righteousness, and God’s grace, giving cause for rejoicing.DA 509.4+4 People once living in sin and people now degraded can be washed clean and made holy and right in that name, just as believers themselves were once in that same condition.Lt 199, 1899, par. 18+4 The Spirit makes the truth powerful to change temper, habits, mind, and character, so that the one who submits to this work repents and is changed from a sinner into a child of God.Lt 199, 1899, par. 18+2 That one is changed from a sinner dead in trespasses and sins into a recreated child of God, truly converted and raised from sin and moral degradation, and believers who see the Spirit working in them can recognize their unity in Christ.Ms 138, 1897, par. 36–39+1

The verse is spoken through Paul to those who claim to be Christians and profess righteousness, not to those who make no such profession.Ms 181, 1905, par. 18–19 Those who are washed and sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God are the temples of God, and the subjects of the enemy cannot claim to be the temples of God.Ms 181, 1905, par. 18–19 Therefore those washed, sanctified, and justified are to make no concessions to the enemy and to change not one principle of the truth received from God.Ms 181, 1905, par. 18–19 They are to hold no converse with those in league with evil angels and to purchase no peace by compromise, as Christ never purchased peace by compromise.Ms 181, 1905, par. 18–19

The whole sixth chapter is a lesson ministers and medical missionaries must study to wake up the watchmen to give the warning message for this time.Lt 320, 1905, par. 21–24 Gospel workers need to be healed of the maladies of sin and unbelief, to refuse to accept the teachings of the prince of darkness, and to have Satan cast out of the heart.Lt 320, 1905, par. 21–24 All who come right to the Lord, humbling their poor, defective hearts before Him, will receive help to be washed, sanctified, and justified.Lt 320, 1905, par. 21–24

Sanctification of the whole person, including inward devotion and piety and the sanctification of the outer life, comes only through Jesus Christ received as righteousness, and where He is denied as righteousness that devotion and piety and outward sanctification are wanting.Ms 55, 1900, par. 6+3 It is a change wrought in those who were unrighteous and barred from the kingdom, by which they are washed and set apart and declared right in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God.Ms 55, 1900, par. 6+3 That entire sanctification is inseparable from Christ as righteousness, so that apart from Him the life shows no true devotion, piety, or outward holiness.Ms 36, 1890, par. 29+1

Sanctification is not merely professing or teaching God's word but living in conformity to God's will and becoming more like Christ.ST Feb 4, 1897 Those who are truly set apart recognize their own weakness and imperfection, depend continually on Jesus for grace and strength, and keep growing in Christlike character.ST Feb 4, 1897 This work does not warrant claims of sinlessness or of immunity from temptation, but leads to ongoing growth rather than self-confidence.ST Feb 4, 1897

The sanctified state is a living, active love made holy in Christ, beginning as a first new love put in the heart.Ms 55, 1900, par. 6+1 It appears in ardent love to God and in love to fellow men formed in His image, like a soft heavenly light diffused in the soul that is not hidden but shines forth to others.Ms 55, 1900, par. 6+1 It works itself out practically in doing God's will, and the love of God in the heart must be constantly cultivated and not left to become a lost first love.Ms 55, 1900, par. 6+3

Heaven's verdict over degraded, sinful souls is pronounced when souls dead in trespasses and sins are recreated, for God disposes hearts to receive light and a renewing power enters the minds and hearts of candid hearers who search the Scriptures.Lt 46, 1894, par. 16–17 That renewing washes them and sets them apart and declares them right in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God.Lt 46, 1894, par. 16–17 It was seen in the large city of Sydney and surrounding towns, especially in Parramatta, where cardplayers and gamblers and drunkards were transformed into a miracle of mercy and long forbearance, with grace triumphing in changed life and character so that even unbelievers point to them as proof of what faith does.Lt 46, 1894, par. 16–17 Those thus changed reflect light and testify of matchless grace, are ministered to by seraphim around the throne, and are kept through the power of God.Lt 46, 1894, par. 16–17

Those once living in sin can be washed clean, made holy, and counted righteous and made right in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God.CEv 84.5–85.1+1 Those who have experienced that cleansing can point to their own former condition when speaking with others who are living in sin.MC 38.2 They encourage others by recognizing that they themselves were once in that same sinful condition.CEv 84.5–85.1+1

Their changed lives give workers grounds to encourage discouraged souls who are trapped in sin.6T 335.2–3 The verse is a testimony to speak over discouraged and needy souls after earnest personal labor for them, declaring their full change from darkness to light from a sinful course to being washed clean and made holy and right.Ms 78, 1900, par. 40–41 It is Christ's word to His workers when He sends them to unpromising fields among people in the darkness of error, that those now degraded can be cleansed, made holy, and made right in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ just as believers themselves were once in that same condition.Ms 151, 1906, par. 16 Workers who walk and work with Christ today must therefore not be discouraged by outward appearance or objectionable features.Ms 151, 1906, par. 16