1 Thessalonians 4:7

New Century Version

God called us to be holy and does not want us to live in sin.

Cross References

Leviticus 11:44

I am the Lord your God. Keep yourselves holy for me because I am holy. Don’t make yourselves unclean with any of these crawling animals.

Leviticus 19:2

“Tell all the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord your God. You must be holy because I am holy.

Romans 1:7

To all of you in Rome whom God loves and has called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God in Corinth, to you who have been made holy in Christ Jesus. You were called to be God’s holy people with all people everywhere who pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

Galatians 5:19

The wrong things the sinful self does are clear: being sexually unfaithful, not being pure, taking part in sexual sins,

Ephesians 1:4

That is, in Christ, he chose us before the world was made so that we would be his holy people—people without blame before him.

Ephesians 2:10

God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing.

Ephesians 4:1

I am in prison because I belong to the Lord. Therefore I urge you who have been chosen by God to live up to the life to which God called you.

Ephesians 4:19

They have lost all feeling of shame, and they use their lives for doing evil. They continually want to do all kinds of evil.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

Our appeal does not come from lies or wrong reasons, nor were we trying to trick you.

2 Timothy 1:9

saved us and made us his holy people. That was not because of anything we did ourselves but because of God’s purpose and grace. That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began,

Hebrews 12:14

Try to live in peace with all people, and try to live free from sin. Anyone whose life is not holy will never see the Lord.

2 Peter 2:10

That punishment is especially for those who live by doing the evil things their sinful selves want and who hate authority. These false teachers are bold and do anything they want. They are not afraid to speak against the angels.