1 John 3:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:27

with the pure you show yourself pure, and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

Matthew 5:48

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

John 17:19

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

Acts 15:9

and in cleansing their hearts by faith he has made no distinction between them and us.

Romans 15:12

and again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse shall come, the one who rises to rule the gentiles; in him the gentiles shall hope.”

2 Corinthians 7:1

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

Colossians 1:5

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

Titus 3:7

so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

Hebrews 7:26

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

1 Peter 1:15

Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct,

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

2 Peter 1:4

Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants of the divine nature.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish,

1 John 2:6

whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk in the same way as he walked.

1 John 4:17

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.