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SAINTS
Name for believers meaning “holy ones” (which is the rendering in some modern versions—see NLT). The OT believers were called to be “holy,” or consecrated to God (Ex 22:31; Lv 11:44). In the NT, “saints” became the apostle Paul’s favorite name for Christians (Rom 1:7; 8:27; 12:13; 15:25-26, 31; 16:2, 15; plus 31 other places in Paul’s letters). The name is also used 14 times in the book of Revelation. Other NT writers used it occasionally (Heb 6:10; 13:24; Jude 1:3). The name indicates that Christians are expected to be holy (Heb 12:10; Rv 22:11) because they have been consecrated to God as a holy priesthood and have rejected the ways of the world (1 Pt 1:15-16; 2:5, 9). More than that, they are the people of the coming age, who will reign with God over the earth and over angels.