1 John 3:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:27

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

Matthew 5:48

Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

Luke 6:36

Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

John 17:19

And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.

Acts 15:9

Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.

Romans 15:12

And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

Colossians 1:5

Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

Titus 3:7

So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 12:14

Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

Hebrews 6:18

So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

Hebrews 7:26

It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

1 Peter 1:15

But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,

2 Peter 1:4

And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

2 Peter 3:14

For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

1 John 2:6

He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

1 John 4:17

In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.