Purify vs Sanctify - What's the difference?
purify | sanctify |
To cleanse (something), or rid (it) of impurities
To free (someone) from guilt or sin
To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
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To free from sin; to purify.
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To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
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To endorse with religious sanction.
Sanctify is a synonym of purify.
As verbs the difference between purify and sanctify
is that purify is to cleanse (something), or rid (it) of impurities while sanctify is to make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.purify
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* defilesanctify
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(en-verb)- And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
- 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.
- Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
- For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.