1 John 3:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless).

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Common English Bible

³ And all who have this hope in him purify themselves even as he is pure.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And everyone who holds this hope in him, keeps himself holy, just as he also is holy.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And every one that hath this hope in him, sanctifieth himself, as he also is holy.

1 John 3:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:27

with the pure thou dost show thyself pure, and with the crooked thou dost show thyself perverse.

Matthew 5:48

You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

John 17:19

And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated in truth.

Acts 15:9

and he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith.

Romans 15:12

and further Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse shall come, he who rises to rule the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles hope.”

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Colossians 1:5

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

Titus 3:7

so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 12:14

Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

Hebrews 7:26

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

James 4:8

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you men of double mind.

1 Peter 1:15

but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct;

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

2 Peter 1:4

by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these, be zealous to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

1 John 2:6

he who says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

1 John 4:17

In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.