1 John 3:3

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:27

With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.

Matthew 5:48

Therefore, be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect."

Luke 6:36

Therefore, be merciful, just as your Father is also merciful.

John 17:19

And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in truth.

Acts 15:9

And he distinguished nothing between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Romans 15:12

And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be a root of Jesse, and he shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, and in him the Gentiles shall hope."

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, having these promises, most beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.

Colossians 1:5

because of the hope that has been stored up for you in heaven, which you have heard through the Word of Truth in the Gospel.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

exhort your hearts and confirm you in every good word and deed.

Titus 3:7

so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest solace: we who have fled together so as to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Hebrews 7:26

For it was fitting that we should have such a High Priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted higher than 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 duplicitous souls!

1 Peter 1:15

but in accord with him who has called you: the Holy One. And in every behavior, you yourself must be holy,

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has regenerated us into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:

2 Peter 1:4

Through Christ, he has given us the greatest and most precious promises, so that by these things you may become sharers in the Divine Nature, fleeing from the corruption of that desire which is in the world.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, most beloved, while awaiting these things, be diligent, so that you may be found to be immaculate and unassailable before him, in peace.

1 John 2:6

Whoever declares himself to remain in him, ought to walk just as he himself walked.

1 John 4:17

In this way, the love of God is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment. For as he is, so also are we, in this world.