St. Paul writes of the many things that people have done in the church at Corinth. Yet in listing out so many wrongdoings, he reminds the people, “Such were some of you.” St. Paul points us to the reality that in Jesus, all of our sinfulness is undone and broken. Through the washing, sanctification, and justification by Jesus, we are changed.
Image: Eustace the Dragon, illustration from C.S. Lewis’ Voyage of the Dawn Treader.