And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Ver. 11. Such were some of you] Oh, the infinite goodness of God, that would once look upon such walking dunghills, such monstrous miscreants!
But ye are washed] In general; as in particular, 1. Ye are sanctified And that by the Spirit of our God. 2. Ye are justified And that in the name, or by the righteousness, of our Lord Jesus Christ. His blood cleanseth us from sins, both guiltiness and filthiness. It is like to those sovereign mundifying waters, which so wash off the corruption of the ulcer, that they cool the heat and stay the spread of the infection, and by degrees heal the same. See Trapp on " Rom 11:26 " See Trapp on " Rev 19:8 " God never pays our debts, but he gives us a stock of grace.