1 Corinthians 1:30

ἐξ αὐτοῦ δὲ ὑμεῖς. From Him, i.e. as the source of your life. To the world you seem as nothing. Yet in truth, as being in Him, through His Son (ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ), you are greater than all beside. For yours, as derived from Him, is the only true birth and being. Cf. John 1:13; John 1:16.

ὃς ἐγενήθη. Who was made, or became. It is not certain that the passive sense can be pressed here. See Ellicott’s note on 1 Thessalonians 1:5. ‘Became’ suits the passage best.

ἀπὸ θεοῦ. In contradistinction to ἡ σοφἱα τοῦ κόσμου, 1 Corinthians 1:20.

δικαιοσύνη. Righteousness or justice. It is to be observed that in Greek, Latin and Hebrew there is no distinction between the ideas involved in these words, there being only one word to express them. Aristotle, Nic. Eth. 1 Corinthians 1:1, defines righteousness or justice as that which renders to every man what is fair and equal. This is what is implied in the English word justice. But while the Scripture use of righteousness as connected with the character of Christ has given a broader sense to the word, which with us signifies what is abstractedly right and good, we must not forget that in this idea what we call justice is included. The faculty of righteousness, we here learn, can be obtained from Christ alone.

ἁγιασμός. The result of consecration (see note on 1 Corinthians 1:2), the possession of actual holiness.

ἀπολύτρωσις. This word signifies not the result of redemption, but the ransoming process, with a special reference to its aspect of deliverance. All these things are ours by virtue of our union with Jesus Christ.