What verse is it that states we are holy to God? after repenting and having full faith in Him.?

Question

my pastor says that the Lord did say we are holy, but I keep forgetting to ask him what verse that's from.

Answer 1

Paul talks about the idea of holiness throughout the entire book of Hebrews. He talks about us being holy in Christ and the process of us becoming holy, and we are told what it means to live holy lives.

Hebrews 10:10: "And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."

Hebrews 10:14: "because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy."

Hebrews 12:14: "Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord."

Hebrews 13:12: "And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood."

Answer 2

If he is the vine and we are the branches if he is holy and we are branches of the vine then we are holy and we must live our lives holy and acceptable before him.

Romans 11:16 - For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

1Co 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.

Eph 1:4 - According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.

Col 1:22 - In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.

1Pe 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

1Pe 1:16 - Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Re 22:11 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

Answer 3

Jesus became for us righteousness and holiness in Corinthains

1 Cor 1:29-31 ESV
29so that no human being[a] might boast in the presence of God. 30He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

Ephesians 5:27
so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

Colossians 1:22
he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,

also
1 Peter 1:16
since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

1 Peter 2:9,10
9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Answer 4

There are several; one can start with 1 Petr 2:5-9.