They have been ____ in preparation for being filled with the Spirit.

• A. prepared
• B. cleansed
• C. sanctified
• D. purged

Answer: (B)

In this context, the main idea is that cleansing from sin prepares a believer for the Spirit’s fullness. Being cleansed captures the washing away of sins through Christ, which makes the heart ready to receive the Holy Spirit. The other ideas—being merely prepared, becoming sanctified, or being purged—don’t fit the sense of a completed sin-removal step that directly precedes Spirit filling. Prepared is too vague; sanctified points to holiness as a process or state that follows or accompanies Spirit work, and purged is a less common wording for this doctrinal sequence. So cleansing best communicates the required prior condition: sin is washed away so the Spirit can come in fullness.