Some take this “sanctification” to mean that a person can be truly justified by faith and on their way to paradise through a life of inward sanctification, and yet lose their salvation by forsaking the truth. Others say that the possibility raised here of sanctified people committing apostasy is merely hyperbole which will never actually occur because those who are truly elect will be kept from apostasy by the work of the Holy Spirit. But the sanctification mentioned in Hebrews 10:26-31 is indeed a real sanctification. However, although this sanctification is real, the sanctification mentioned in Hebrews 10:29 is not the same as the sanctification mentioned previously in Hebrews 10:14. The sanctification mentioned previously is an inward sanctification which serves as a proof of eternal justification (Hebrews 10:14). The sanctification mentioned here is an outward sanctification which serves as an added proof of guilt after committing apostasy (Hebrews 10:29).