Thomas Aquinas, on 1Cor 6:11

“And such some of you were; but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Spirit of our God.”

“Then when he says, And such were some of you, he shows how they escaped from the above-mentioned danger. First, he reminds them of their past state, saying: And such were some of you, namely, fornicators and idolaters, etc. He makes particular mention of these vices, because they abounded in them, as it says in Eph (5:8): "For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord." Secondly, he shows how they were freed of them inwardly, saying: But you were washed by the power of Christ's blood in baptism, as it says in Rev (1:5): "He freed us from our sins in his blood." You were sanctified by the power of Christ's blood and consecrated in grace, as it says in Heb (13:12): "So Jesus also suffered outside the gate, in order to sanctify the people through his own blood"; you were justified, i.e., raised to the state of justice, according to Rom (8:30): "Those whom he called he also justified." Then he mentions the cause of these blessings: first, on the part of the humanity of Christ when he says: In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, i.e., in believing and calling on that name, as it says in Acts (4:12): "There is no other name under heaven given among men by which they must be saved." Secondly, on the part of the divinity when he adds: and in the Spirit of our God, as it says in Ez (37:14): "Behold, I shall cause breath to enter you and you shall live." Therefore, since you have been freed by such great power, you should not return to the same former ways.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.