Rom. 8:30 says: “And those whom he predestined he [God] also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.” Sanctification, being also the work of God (1 Th. 5:23), is not mentioned in Rom. 8:30, unless it is part of being justified, as taught by the Catholic Church. In 1 Co. 6:11 Paul placed “justified” after “sanctified”, indicating that we are justified after being sanctified. All verbs in Rom. 8:30 and 1 Co. 6:11 are in Greek aorist tense. The Reformers did separated justification from sanctification but these two must come together. John Calvin wrote: God justifies not only by pardoning but by regenerating, he asks, whether he leaves those whom he justifies as they were by nature, making no change upon their vices? The answer is very easy: as Christ cannot be divided into parts, so the two things, justification and sanctification, which we perceive to be united together in him, are inseparable. Calvin, J. (1559): Institutio Christianae Religionis, 3.11.6 Beveridge H., translator (1845): The Institutes of the Christian Religion, page 609
Rom. 8:30 says: “And those whom he predestined he [God] also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.” Sanctification, being also the work of God (1 Th. 5:23), is not mentioned in Rom. 8:30, unless it is part of being justified, as taught by the Catholic Church. In 1 Co. 6:11 Paul placed “justified” after “sanctified”, indicating that we are justified after being sanctified. All verbs in Rom. 8:30 and 1 Co. 6:11 are in Greek aorist tense.
The Reformers did separated justification from sanctification but these two must come together. John Calvin wrote:
God justifies not only by pardoning but by regenerating, he asks, whether he leaves those whom he justifies as they were by nature, making no change upon their vices? The answer is very easy: as Christ cannot be divided into parts, so the two things, justification and sanctification, which we perceive to be united together in him, are inseparable.
Calvin, J. (1559): Institutio Christianae Religionis, 3.11.6
Beveridge H., translator (1845): The Institutes of the Christian Religion, page 609