2 Corinthians 7:1

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:9

And he instructed them, saying, "So shall you act: faithfully, in the fear of the Lord, and with a perfect heart.

Psalm 19:9

They have been bound, and they have fallen. But we have risen up, and we have been set upright.

Psalm 51:10

But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth, iniquity is redeemed. And by the fear of the Lord, one turns away from evil.

Proverbs 20:9

Who is able to say: "My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?"

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation which seems pure to themselves, and yet they are not even washed from their filthiness.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.

Isaiah 1:16

Wash, become clean, take away the evil of your intentions from my eyes. Cease to act perversely.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness.

Jeremiah 13:27

For I have seen your adulteries, and your neighing for the wickedness of your fornication, and your abominations upon the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How much longer before you will be made clean after me?"

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash your heart from malice, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will harmful thoughts abide in you?

Leviticus 13:58

If it will have ceased, he shall wash with water the parts which are pure for a second time, and they shall be clean.

Matthew 12:33

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree evil and its fruit evil. For certainly a tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 5:48

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

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Acts 9:31

Certainly, the Church had peace throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and it was being built up, while walking in the fear of the Lord, and it was being filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 5:20

Now the law entered in such a way that offenses would abound. But where offenses were abundant, grace was superabundant.

1 Corinthians 6:20

For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For whatever promises are of God are, in him, Yes. For this reason, too, through him: Amen to God for our glory.

Ephesians 2:3

And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

in order to confirm your hearts without blame, in sanctity, before God our Father, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

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

1 Thessalonians 5:23

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you through all things, so that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved without blame unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 12:23

and to the Church of the first-born, those who have been inscribed in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

Hebrews 12:28

Thus, in receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace. So, through grace, let us be of service, by pleasing God with fear and reverence.

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, we should be afraid, lest the promise of entering into his rest may be relinquished, and some of you may be judged to be lacking.

Hebrews 6:9

But from you, most beloved, we are confident that there will be things better and closer to salvation; even though we speak in this way.

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 1:17

And if you invoke as Father him who, without showing favoritism to persons, judges according to each one's work, then act in fear during the time of your sojourning here.

1 Peter 1:22

So chastise your souls with the obedience of charity, in fraternal love, and love one another from a simple heart, attentively.

1 Peter 2:11

Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul.

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, just as he also is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

1 John 3:3

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