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Philippians 2:12-13 (view passage online)
We must “work out” our salvation by letting the new life God has placed within us show on the outside. Sanctification is not our work but God’s, as He works in us to give us the desire and the power to obey Him.
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Romans 12:1-2 (view passage online)
Believers must present their bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. They must stop conforming to the world and instead transform their lives by renewing their minds. The battle for holiness takes place in the mind through the Word of God.
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1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 (view passage online)
God sanctifies His people through His Word, which Jesus declared is truth. We grow in holiness as our minds are renewed by reading and knowing Scripture. This transformation is accomplished by God’s power through His word, not by our own effort.