1 John 3:3

Good News Translation

Everyone who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure, just as Christ is pure.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:27

You are pure to those who are pure, but hostile to those who are wicked.

Matthew 5:48

You must be perfect—just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Luke 6:36

Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.

John 17:19

And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you.

Acts 15:9

He made no difference between us and them; he forgave their sins because they believed.

Romans 15:12

And again, Isaiah says, “A descendant of Jesse will appear; he will come to rule the Gentiles, and they will put their hope in him.”

2 Corinthians 7:1

All these promises are made to us, my dear friends. So then, let us purify ourselves from everything that makes body or soul unclean, and let us be completely holy by living in awe of God.

Colossians 1:5

When the true message, the Good News, first came to you, you heard about the hope it offers. So your faith and love are based on what you hope for, which is kept safe for you in heaven.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and in his grace gave us unfailing courage and a firm hope,

Titus 3:7

so that by his grace we might be put right with God and come into possession of the eternal life we hope for.

Hebrews 12:14

Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it.

Hebrews 6:18

There are these two things, then, that cannot change and about which God cannot lie. So we who have found safety with him are greatly encouraged to hold firmly to the hope placed before us.

Hebrews 7:26

Jesus, then, is the High Priest that meets our needs. He is holy; he has no fault or sin in him; he has been set apart from sinners and raised above the heavens.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!

1 Peter 1:15

Instead, be holy in all that you do, just as God who called you is holy.

1 Peter 1:3

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope,

2 Peter 1:4

In this way he has given us the very great and precious gifts he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, and may come to share the divine nature.

2 Peter 3:14

And so, my friends, as you wait for that Day, do your best to be pure and faultless in God's sight and to be at peace with him.

1 John 2:6

if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live just as Jesus Christ did.

1 John 4:17

Love is made perfect in us in order that we may have courage on the Judgment Day; and we will have it because our life in this world is the same as Christ's.