2 Corinthians 7:1

New Century Version

Dear friends, we have these promises from God, so we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes body or soul unclean. We should try to become holy in the way we live, because we respect God.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:9

Jehoshaphat commanded them, “You must always serve the Lord completely, and you must fear him.

Psalm 119:9

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

Psalm 19:9

Respect for the Lord is good; it will last forever. The judgments of the Lord are true; they are completely right.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a pure heart, God, and make my spirit right again.

Proverbs 16:6

Love and truth bring forgiveness of sin. By respecting the Lord you will avoid evil.

Proverbs 20:9

No one can say, “I am innocent; I have never done anything wrong.”

Proverbs 30:12

Some people think they are pure, but they are not really free from evil.

Proverbs 8:13

If you respect the Lord, you will also hate evil. I hate pride and bragging, evil ways and lies.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Don’t worry, and forget the troubles of your body, because youth and childhood are useless.

Isaiah 1:16

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

Isaiah 55:7

The wicked should stop doing wrong, and they should stop their evil thoughts. They should return to the Lord so he may have mercy on them. They should come to our God, because he will freely forgive them.

Jeremiah 13:27

I have seen the terrible things you have done: your acts of adultery and your snorting, your prostitution, your hateful acts on the hills and in the fields. How terrible it will be for you, Jerusalem. How long will you continue being unclean?”

Jeremiah 4:14

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

Leviticus 13:58

When the cloth (either woven or knitted) or the leather is washed and the mildew is gone, it must be washed again; then it will be clean.

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.

Matthew 5:48

So you must be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Matthew 5:8

They are blessed whose thoughts are pure, for they will see God.

Acts 9:31

The church everywhere in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace and became stronger. Respecting the Lord by the way they lived, and being encouraged by the Holy Spirit, the group of believers continued to grow.

Romans 5:20

The law came to make sin worse. But when sin grew worse, God’s grace increased.

1 Corinthians 6:20

because you were bought by God for a price. So honor God with your bodies.

2 Corinthians 1:20

The yes to all of God’s promises is in Christ, and through Christ we say yes to the glory of God.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past all of us lived like them, trying to please our sinful selves and doing all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We should have suffered God’s anger because we were sinful by nature. We were the same as all other people.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

May your hearts be made strong so that you will be holy and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

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

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may God himself, the God of peace, make you pure, belonging only to him. May your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—be kept safe and without fault when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

Hebrews 12:23

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

Hebrews 12:28

So let us be thankful, because we have a kingdom that cannot be shaken. We should worship God in a way that pleases him with respect and fear,

Hebrews 4:1

Now, since God has left us the promise that we may enter his rest, let us be very careful so none of you will fail to enter.

Hebrews 6:9

Dear friends, we are saying this to you, but we really expect better things from you that will lead to your salvation.

James 4:8

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

1 Peter 1:15

But be holy in all you do, just as God, the One who called you, is holy.

1 Peter 1:17

You pray to God and call him Father, and he judges each person’s work equally. So while you are here on earth, you should live with respect for God.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that your obedience to the truth has purified your souls, you can have true love for your Christian brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply with all your heart.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are like foreigners and strangers in this world. I beg you to avoid the evil things your bodies want to do that fight against your soul.

1 Peter 5:10

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

1 John 1:7

But if we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. Then the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from every sin.

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done.

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure, and all who have this hope in Christ keep themselves pure like Christ.