2 Corinthians 7:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:9

He gave them this command: “Thus you shall act: in the fear of the Lord, with fidelity and with an undivided heart.

Psalm 119:9

How can the young keep his way without fault? Only by observing your words.

Psalm 19:9

The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. The command of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eye.

Psalm 51:10

You will let me hear gladness and joy; the bones you have crushed will rejoice.

Proverbs 16:6

By steadfast loyalty guilt is expiated, and by the fear of the Lord evil is avoided.

Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am cleansed of my sin”?

Proverbs 30:12

There are some pure in their own eyes, yet not cleansed of their filth.

Proverbs 8:13

[The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil;] Pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth I hate.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Banish misery from your heart and remove pain from your body, for youth and black hair are fleeting.

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil;

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake their way, and sinners their thoughts; Let them turn to the Lord to find mercy; to our God, who is generous in forgiving.

Jeremiah 13:27

Your adulteries, your neighings, your shameless prostitutions: On the hills, in the fields I see your detestable crimes. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are clean?

Jeremiah 4:14

Cleanse your heart of evil, Jerusalem, that you may be saved. How long will you entertain wicked schemes?

Leviticus 13:58

But if, after the washing, the infection has disappeared from the garment, or the warp or woof, or the leather article, the thing shall be washed a second time, and thus it will be clean.

Matthew 12:33

“Either declare the tree good and its fruit is good, or declare the tree rotten and its fruit is rotten, for a tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 5:48

So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.

Acts 9:31

The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the holy Spirit it grew in numbers. Peter Heals Aeneas at Lydda.

Romans 5:20

The law entered in so that transgression might increase but, where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more,

1 Corinthians 6:20

For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For however many are the promises of God, their Yes is in him; therefore, the Amen from us also goes through him to God for glory.

Ephesians 2:3

All of us once lived among them in the desires of our flesh, following the wishes of the flesh and the impulses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

so as to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. [Amen.]

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God did not call us to impurity but to holiness.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God of peace himself make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 12:23

and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect,

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, we who are receiving the unshakable kingdom should have gratitude, with which we should offer worship pleasing to God in reverence and awe.

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, let us be on our guard while the promise of entering into his rest remains, that none of you seem to have failed.

Hebrews 6:9

But we are sure in your regard, beloved, of better things related 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 of two minds.

1 Peter 1:15

but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,

1 Peter 1:17

Now if you invoke as Father him who judges impartially according to each one’s works, conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning,

1 Peter 1:22

Since you have purified yourselves by obedience to the truth for sincere mutual love, love one another intensely from a [pure] heart.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and sojourners to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against the soul.

1 Peter 5:10

The God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory through Christ [Jesus] will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you after you have suffered a little.

1 John 1:7

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

1 John 1:9

If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing.

1 John 3:3

Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure. Avoiding Sin.