The other thing about "sanctified" is that the word means "to be set apart for something". All the world is "set apart for the gospel"...but they have to believe it and receive it in order to experience this truth.
In the OT garments were sanctified - priest were sanctified...etc. The word means "set apart".
Here Jesus is talking about gold "being sanctified".
Matthew 23:17 (NASB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] "You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?
Here Paul is speaking about the spouse being "sanctified" or "set apart" because of the believing partner.
1 Corinthians 7:14 (KJV)
[SUP]14 [/SUP] For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
In the OT garments were sanctified - priest were sanctified...etc. The word means "set apart".
Here Jesus is talking about gold "being sanctified".
Matthew 23:17 (NASB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] "You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?
Here Paul is speaking about the spouse being "sanctified" or "set apart" because of the believing partner.
1 Corinthians 7:14 (KJV)
[SUP]14 [/SUP] For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.