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19 Bible Verses About Being Set Apart

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  • Leviticus 20:26 gives the reason God separated Israel from the peoples: “that you should be mine.”
  • 1 Peter 2:9 gives the churches Peter writes to the titles God gave Israel at Sinai in Exodus 19:6: priesthood and holy nation.
  • Romans 1:1 and Acts 13:2 use aphorizo, to set apart for a purpose, of Paul’s calling, and Galatians 1:15 places his setting apart before his birth, as Jeremiah 1:5 does for Jeremiah.
  • In John 17:15-18 Jesus asks the Father not to take his disciples out of the world but to sanctify them in the truth, and he sends them into it.
  • Hebrews 10:10 says believers “have been sanctified” by Christ’s offering, while 1 Thessalonians 4:3 calls sanctification the will of God for how they live.

In the Bible, to be set apart is to be separated to God and made his, usually for a purpose. God says it of Israel (Exodus 19:6, Leviticus 20:26) and of Jeremiah before his birth (Jeremiah 1:5). Paul says it of himself (Galatians 1:15), and Peter says it of the church (1 Peter 2:9). Two Greek verbs that carry the idea in the New Testament are hagiazo and aphorizo. Hagiazo, to sanctify or make holy, is the verb in John…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Greek 37, ἁγιάζω (hagiazo): to sanctify, to make holy, to consecrate, to set apart; Thayer lists John 17:17, 19, 1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Timothy 2:21 and Hebrews 10:10. biblehub.com/greek/37

Strong’s Greek 873, ἀφορίζω (aphorizo): to mark off by boundaries, set apart; Thayer lists Acts 13:2, Romans 1:1, Galatians 1:15 and 2 Corinthians 6:17. biblehub.com/greek/873

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