2 Corinthians 7:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Dear friends, we have these promises from God. So we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. Our respect for God should make us try to be completely holy in the way we live.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 4:7

God chose us to be holy. He does not want us to live in sin.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers in this world. So I beg you to keep your lives free from the evil things you want to do, those desires that fight against your true selves.

Proverbs 8:13

To respect the Lord means to hate evil. I hate pride and boasting, evil lives and hurtful words.

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you. You are sinners, so clean sin out of your lives. You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.

Psalm 51:10

God, create a pure heart in me, and make my spirit strong again.

1 John 3:3

He is pure, and everyone who has this hope in him keeps themselves pure like Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

We pray that God himself, the God of peace, will make you pure—belonging only to him. We pray that your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—will be kept safe and be blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

1 Peter 1:22

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. Now you can have true love for your brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply—with all your heart.

Isaiah 55:7

Evil people should stop living evil lives. They should stop thinking bad thoughts. They should come to the Lord again, and he will comfort them. They should come to our God because he will freely forgive them.

1 Corinthians 6:20

God paid a very high price to make you his. So honor God with your body.

1 John 1:7

We should live in the light, where God is. If we live in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood sacrifice of Jesus, God’s Son, washes away every sin and makes us clean.

Hebrews 4:1

And we still have the promise that God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter his place of rest. So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise.

Proverbs 16:6

Faithful love and loyalty will remove your guilt. Respect the Lord, and you will stay far away from evil.

Matthew 5:48

What I am saying is that you must be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Matthew 5:8

Great blessings belong to those whose thoughts are pure. They will be with God.

Psalm 119:9

How can a young person live a pure life? By obeying your word.

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins, God will forgive us. We can trust God to do this. He always does what is right. He will make us clean from all the wrong things we have done.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past all of us lived like that, trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. Like everyone else in the world, we deserved to suffer God’s anger just because of the way we were.

Romans 5:20

The law was brought in so that more people would sin the way Adam did. But where sin increased, there was even more of God’s grace.

Isaiah 1:16

“Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. Stop doing the evil things I see you do. Stop doing wrong.

Proverbs 30:12

Some people think they are pure, but they have done nothing to remove the filth of their sin.

1 Peter 5:10

Yes, you will suffer for a short time. But after that, God will make everything right. He will make you strong. He will support you and keep you from falling. He is the God who gives all grace. He chose you to share in his glory in Christ. That glory will continue forever.

Hebrews 12:28

So we should be thankful because we have a kingdom that cannot be shaken. And because we are thankful, we should worship God in a way that will please him. We should do this with respect and fear,

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the meeting of God’s firstborn children. Their names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all people. And you have come to the spirits of good people who have been made perfect.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

This will strengthen your desire to do what is right, and you will be holy and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy people.

2 Corinthians 1:20

The yes to all of God’s promises is in Christ. And that is why we say “Amen” through Christ to the glory of God.

Acts 9:31

The church in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace. And with the help of the Holy Spirit, these groups of believers became stronger in faith and showed their respect for the Lord by the way they lived. So the church everywhere grew in numbers.

Matthew 12:33

“If you want good fruit, you must make the tree good. If your tree is not good, it will have bad fruit. A tree is known by the kind of fruit it produces.

Jeremiah 13:27

I saw the terrible things you did. I saw you laughing and having sex with your lovers. I know about your plans to be like a prostitute. I have seen you on the hills and in the fields. It will be very bad for you, Jerusalem. How long will you continue doing your dirty sins?”

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, wash the evil from your hearts. Make your hearts pure so that you can be saved. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Proverbs 20:9

Can anyone say their heart is pure? Who can say, “I am free from sin”?

Psalm 19:9

Learning respect for the Lord is good. It will last forever. The Lord’s judgments are right. They are completely fair.

2 Chronicles 19:9

Jehoshaphat commanded them, “You must serve faithfully with all your heart. You must fear the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Don’t let your anger control you, and don’t let your body lead you to sin. People do foolish things in the dawn of life while they are young.

Hebrews 6:9

Dear friends, I am not saying this because I think it is happening to you. We really expect that you will do better—that you will do the good things that will result in your salvation.

1 Peter 1:15

Be holy in everything you do, just as God is holy. He is the one who chose you.

1 Peter 1:17

You pray to God and call him Father, but he will judge everyone the same way—by what they do. So while you are visiting here on earth, you should live with respect for God.

Leviticus 13:58

But if the mildew did not come back after washing, that piece of leather or cloth is clean, whether the cloth was woven or knitted.”