[Campion]

but the statement "Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God" would beg to differ.

Well, no, it doesn't. You continue to insist on ignoring that simple verb were. Persons who persist in that unrepentant behavior go to hell. It doesn't matter what they call themselves, or what sort of "positional justification" they think they have. "Not everyone who says 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my father in heaven"

[madconservative]

"You continue to insist on ignoring that simple verb were."

Are you referring to the word used before "some", because unless I am mistaken, it is also used before "justified"? As in, "I was a thief before I was justified". I did not disagree that their salvation happened in the past tense. I am agreeing. It happened in the past, the same time that they were justified :)

So I am not sure how arguing the fact that they repented, and were justified in the past helps your point that they were not justified?