1 Thessalonians 5:23

Modern English Version

May the very God of peace sanctify you completely. And I pray to God that your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Ezekiel 37:28

The nations shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.

Leviticus 20:26

You shall be holy unto Me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from other peoples, that you should be Mine.

Leviticus 20:8

You shall keep My statutes, and do them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

Luke 1:46

And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,

John 17:19

For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Acts 20:32

“Now, brothers, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

Romans 15:13

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:33

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Romans 15:5

Now may the God of perseverance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,

Romans 16:20

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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:

1 Corinthians 1:30

But because of Him you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.

1 Corinthians 14:33

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

2 Corinthians 5:19

that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their sins against them, and has entrusted to us the message of reconciliation.

Philippians 1:10

that you may approve things that are excellent so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

Philippians 1:6

I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 4:9

Do those things which you have both learned and received, and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

Colossians 1:22

in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach in His sight,

1 Thessalonians 2:19

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Will it not even be you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

To this end may He establish your hearts to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality,

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all appearances of evil.

2 Thessalonians 3:16

Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of the sheep,

Hebrews 2:11

For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of One. For this reason He is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is alive, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intents of the heart.

James 1:4

But let patience complete its work, that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

1 Peter 1:2

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

1 Peter 5:10

But after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called us to His eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless.

Jude 1:1

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are sanctified and called by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ:

Jude 1:24

Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with rejoicing,