I, When I Came to You Brothers, Did Not Come Proclaming to You the Testimony of God With Lofty Speech or Wisdom.

In the first chapter, he's constantly putting the onus of sanctification on christ, and not on them. So so th what es up happing then is that sanctification becomes a word of terror instead of a word of promise. That's because sanctification is, in fact, promised you - it's just a matterof,. it's important to get that emphasis right.