1 Thessalonians 4:7

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Leviticus 11:44

For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy, for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner of crawling thing that moves on the ground.

Leviticus 19:2

Speak to all the congregation of the Israelites, and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

Romans 1:7

To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their Lord and ours:

Galatians 5:19

Now the works of the flesh are revealed, which are these: adultery, sexual immorality, impurity, lewdness,

Ephesians 1:4

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before Him in love;

Ephesians 2:10

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 4:1

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called.

Ephesians 4:19

Being calloused they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For our exhortation was not from deceit, nor from impure motive, nor in treachery.

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not by our works, but by His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with all men, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord,

2 Peter 2:10

especially those who walk after the flesh in pursuit of unclean desires, and despise authority. They are presumptuous and arrogant, and are not afraid to slander the angelic beings.