Reference: Holiness
Easton
in the highest sense belongs to God (Isa 6:3; Re 15:4), and to Christians as consecrated to God's service, and in so far as they are conformed in all things to the will of God (Ro 6:19,22; Eph 1:4; Tit 1:8; 1Pe 1:15). Personal holiness is a work of gradual development. It is carried on under many hindrances, hence the frequent admonitions to watchfulness, prayer, and perseverance (1Co 1:30; 2Co 7:1; Eph 4:23-24). (See Sanctification.)
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I am speaking in human terms, because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for holiness.
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is holiness and its end, eternal life.
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before him. In love
and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
but hospitable, a lover of what is good, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;
Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All the nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
Hastings
HOLINESS
I. IN OT
The Heb. words connected with the Semitic root qdsh (those connected with the root chrm may be left out of the inquiry: cf. art. Ban), namely, q
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Then the devil took him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you arethe Holy One of God!"
for Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly.
And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
For he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
"Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you arethe Holy One of God!"
And we believe, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."
And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name the name you gave me that they may be one, even as we are one.
because you will not abandon my soul to hades, nor let your Holy One see decay.
But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of your holy servant Jesus."
As for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to decay, he spoke in this way: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'
and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
I am speaking in human terms, because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for holiness.
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is holiness and its end, eternal life.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.
Do you not know that those who work in the temple get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?
For our boast is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with holiness and godly sincerity, not in worldly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and still more toward you.
just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before him. In love
and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
that he might present the church to himself in all her glory, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and blameless.
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
yet he has now reconciled you in his fleshly body through death, in order to present you before him holy and blameless and beyond reproach
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or quarreling.
but hospitable, a lover of what is good, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;
The older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to much wine, but they are to teach what is good,
Speak these things; exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
All who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.
For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place. Behind the second curtain was a tabernacle called the Holy of Holies,
The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the holy place had not yet been disclosed as long as the outer tabernacle was still standing.
For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'These are the words of him who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens:
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to sing, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come."
Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All the nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
And I heard the angel of the waters say, "Righteous are you, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you judged these things;
Morish
Holiness has been described as "a nature that delights in purity, and which repels evil." Adam and Eve were 'innocent,' not holy; for though they might have delighted in purity, they did not repel the evil of Satan. God is ever holy; in heaven there is no evil to separate from, and He was holy, consistent with His perfection in everything, before there was any evil. The Spirit is the Holy Spirit though He is down here where sin is, and the Lord Jesus when in this sinful world was holy, harmless, and undefiled. God is called 'the Holy One of Israel,' Isa 30:15, etc., and the Lord Jesus 'the Holy One.' Mr 1:24; Ac 3:14.
The Israelites having been redeemed out of Egypt, and separated to God, it was said to them, "Thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth." De 7:6. They were viewed as the chosen of God, as set apart for Him. This should have led to practical holiness, as God said, "Be ye holy, for I am the Lord your God." Le 20:7. The Christian also is sanctified and justified, and Christ is made of God sanctification to him (1Co 1:30), referring to the separative call of God, and the means and measure of his sanctification. As new created in Christ he partakes of the divine nature, so that holiness is followed. He is chastened also by the Father of spirits in order to his being partaker of God's holiness.
One has said, "The Christian is called holy because he is set apart for God absolutely, according to the rights won by Christ in His death, and made good when he is born again, and thus set apart in a real way; and more perfectly, and with more intelligence, when he is sealed by the Holy Ghost, as cleansed by the blood of Christ." Upon this are based the practical exhortations: "As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation." 2Co 7:1; 1Th 4:7; Heb 12:14; 1Pe 1:15; 2Pe 3:11.
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saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you arethe Holy One of God!"
But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.