10:10 by that will. The unchanging purpose of God, which Jesus Christ willingly accomplished, brought salvation to us (vv. 7, 9 and notes).

we have been sanctified. Here and in v. 14 the topic is not the process of sanctification (as in 12:14), but the once-for-all change in our status when we are united with Christ by faith, and in this way are separated from sin’s pollution and qualified for the worship of God. Being “cleansed,” “sanctified,” and “made perfect” are virtually synonymous in Hebrews.