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Often treated like the younger sibling in theology, the doctrine of sanctification has spent the last few decades waiting not-so-patiently behind those doctrines viewed as more senior. With so much recent interest in ideas like election and justification, the question of holiness can often seem to be of secondary importance, and widespread misunderstanding of sanctification as moralism or undue...

By contrast, positively, the only thing that matters is that “Christ is all and is in all.” Consequently, if holiness is living in his image, we relate to one another as he related to others. That means • the character of Christ will shape us (Col 3:12–14): “compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience,” bearing with one another and forgiving as he forgave us; • the peace of Christ will rule between us (Col 3:15): causing us to settle disputes and arguments and working for unity; • the
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