1 Thessalonians 4:7 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁷ For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

Common English Bible

⁷ God didn’t call us to be immoral but to be dedicated to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ For God has not called us to impurity, but to sanctification.

1 Thessalonians 4:7 Cross References

Leviticus 11:44

For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Leviticus 19:2

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

Romans 1:7

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:2

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

Galatians 5:19

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Ephesians 1:4

according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 4:1

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

Ephesians 4:19

who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

2 Timothy 1:9

who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began;

Hebrews 12:14

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

2 Peter 2:10

but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.