quality of God as Father (on anar. substantives see R 127, 793; BDF §137–38; Wallace 243–54). ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος An instr. (not locat. pace T 262) use of ἐν (NJB, TEV, NRSV, REB, NASB) with ἁγιασμός, -οῦ, ὁ, “consecration” (O. Procksch, TDNT 1.113–14; Turner, Words 83–85; BDAG 10c). Πνεύματος is a subj. gen. The Spirit carries out the role of consecration or setting apart (“through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,” NIV), which is the means by which (ἐν) election is actualized. εἰς ὑπακοὴν καὶ
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