Indeed, the two agencies are regarded as complementary and inseparable (Eph 1:13, 14, Ph 2:12, 13, 2 Th 2:13). To the extent that we consecrate, the Spirit sanctifies. Nor is NT holiness a merely negative or self-regarding sinlessness, an ascetic purity or abstention from known sin. It implies the constant activity and positive exercise of all goodness in the realm of daily life. As such, Christian holiness is necessarily a social grace, and it ripens many gifts and adjusts many idiosyncrasies of