But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. — The triad of redemptive acts brackets salvation: washing (ritual cleansing, baptismal imagery), sanctification (hagiazō = separation to God's purposes), and justification (dikaioomai = forensic acquittal). The name of Christ and the Spirit's agency together constitute the effective power. This transforms the preceding catalog from mere prohibition to proclamation of the Corinthians' actual status and resource.

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