1 Corinthians 7:14

[BrotherJJ]

1 Corinthians 7:14 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.

1st thought, sanctified & saved are not the same thing, nor, are they interchangeable.

God sanctified (set apart) the whole Nation of Israel at Mt Sinai. This did not mean every person was automatically saved.

Context of 1 Cor 7:14 marriage, the children & their sanctification & not salvation.

Many of the Believers Paul is speaking to here were Jewish converts, deeply steeped in Mosaic Law.

OT covenant laws were clear. Don't intermarry with the heathen/gentiles. Else your offspring would be unclean/bastards outside covenant seals. (Deut 7:3-4)

The Apostle is explaining to the Jewish converts. Under the New Covenant, a believers Faith supersedes a unbelieving spouse lack there of.

Key context: "Else were your children unclean" (1 Cor 7:14 - C)

The unbelieving husband or wife isn't saved through the Believing partner's faith. However, the children are sanctified & covered by/through the Believing parents Faith.

The covering is dissolved when the child is old enough to understand & choose God for themselves. At this point the child like everyone else (including the unsaved spouse) are saved only by:

Placing their FAITH in the redemptive, sin atoning death, burial & resurrection of Jesus the Christ (also see 1Cor 15:1-4).

Unbelievers Are Condemned
Jn 3:18 But he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Believers Have Eternal Life
Jn 3:36 He that believeth on the Son "hath" everlasting life & he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. Amen

 

[1watchman]

True, and important distinction! The term: "sanctified" means to be set apart under God, and also speaking of privilege to be born in a Christian family (some of us were not); and children should obey and honor their parents as the parents honor and care for them. As true "born again" believers (John 3:16; John 14) we are told we are "sanctified" (thus "saints" of God). Now let us walk in this "high calling in Christ Jesus" ---right?

 

[BrotherJJ]

True, and important distinction! The term: "sanctified" means to be set apart under God, and also speaking of privilege to be born in a Christian family (some of us were not); and children should obey and honor their parents as the parents honor and care for them. As true "born again" believers (John 3:16; John 14) we are told we are "sanctified" (thus "saints" of God). Now let us walk in this "high calling in Christ Jesus" ---right?

How do (John 3:16; John 14) apply to sanctification or 1 Cor 7:14?

Quoting my post: "The Apostle is explaining to the Jewish converts. Under the New Covenant, a believers Faith supersedes a unbelieving spouse lack there of.

Key context: "Else were your children unclean" (1 Cor 7:14 - C)" end quote.

 

[1watchman]

How do (John 3:16; John 14) apply to sanctification or 1 Cor 7:14?
Quoting my post: "The Apostle is explaining to the Jewish converts. Under the New Covenant, a believers Faith supersedes a unbelieving spouse lack there of.

Key context: "Else were your children unclean" (1 Cor 7:14 - C)" end quote.

[THE NON-CHRISTIAN AS THUS, IS UNDER MERCIES AS IN IGNORANCE OF THE TRUTH (SET APART, RATHER THAN REJECTING IT). A 'BORN AGAIN SAINT' IS SET APART AS REDEEMED ---TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS, I SEE.]