Justification vs. Sanctification — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Justification and Sanctification
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Justification
The act of justifying.
Sanctification
To set apart for sacred use; consecrate
The preacher sanctified the ground as a cemetery.
Justification
The condition or fact of being justified.
Sanctification
To make holy; purify
They felt the spirit had descended and sanctified their hearts. They sanctified the body with holy oil.
Justification
Something, such as a fact or circumstance, that justifies
Considered misgovernment to be a justification for revolution.
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Sanctification
To give religious sanction to, as with an oath or vow
The wedding ceremony sanctifies the marriage.
Justification
(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
Sanctification
To give social or moral sanction to
"The only books I wanted to read as a teenager were those sanctified by my elders and betters" (David Eggers).
Justification
The forgiveness of sin.
Sanctification
(theology) The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.
Justification
The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).
Sanctification
The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
Justification
The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification.
I hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote this but as an essay or taste of my virtue.
Sanctification
Blackmail.
Justification
The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
Sanctification
The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;
God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.
Justification
The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.
In such righteousnessTo them by faith imputed, they may findJustification toward God, and peaceOf conscience.
Sanctification
The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.
Justification
Adjustment of type (in printing), or of the final spacing of printed text, by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or line up at one edge of the allotted portion of the printed page; adjustment of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment; as, left justification is the most common format for simple letters, but left and right justification is typically used in books.
Sanctification
A religious ceremony in which something is made holy
Justification
Something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary;
He considered misrule a justification for revolution
Justification
A statement in explanation of some action or belief
Justification
The act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning;
The justification of barbarous means by holy ends
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