consecration by God to God lies behind Paul’s use of this title. C. Hodge sums it up well: ‘Hence, the Hagioi, “saints”, are those who are cleansed by the blood of Christ, and by the renewing of the Holy Ghost and thus separated from the world and consecrated to God.’2 Often in popular usage the term ‘saint’ is employed in a narrow sense to describe apostles or other notable Christians. This is inaccurate. Far from being of the ‘stained-glass’ variety, ‘saints’ are those who, in every age and place,
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