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The holy has been defined existentially and sociologically, and churches too often allow their expectations regarding holiness to be prompted by existential aspirations or the social mores of the Christian community. Perhaps it is not surprising that many view holiness as accidental or expendable, even as a legalistic and conformist posture opposed to the freedom of the gospel. But sanctification...

the Lord’ ” (1 Cor 1:28–31). The good news—which Paul soon calls the “testimony of God” (1 Cor 2:1)—is the word of the incarnate Son and the life and blessings that are found in him. While Paul will later point these Corinthian saints to the story of this Son (1 Cor 15:3–8), here he notes the living blessings that are enjoyed in him. Sanctification is at the center of the “wisdom from God”; indeed, Paul has already addressed these ecclesiastical misfits as “those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called
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