2 Corinthians 7:1

The Passion Translation

Beloved ones, with promises like these, and because of our deepest respect and worship of God, we must remove everything from our lives that contaminates body and spirit, and continue to complete the development of holiness within us.

Cross References

Psalm 119:9

How can a young man stay pure? Only by living in the Word of God and walking in its truth.

Psalm 19:9

Yahweh’s decrees are trustworthy. The fear of Yahweh is pure, enduring forever.

Psalm 51:10

Keep creating in me a clean heart. Fill me with pure thoughts and holy desires, ready to please you.

Proverbs 16:6

You can avoid evil through surrendered worship and the fear of God, for the power of his faithful love removes sin’s guilt and grip over you.

Proverbs 20:9

Which one of us can truly say, “I am free from sin in my life, for my heart is clean and pure”?

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation rising that considers themselves to be pure in their own eyes, yet they are morally filthy, unwashed, and unclean.

Proverbs 8:13

Wisdom pours into you when you begin to hate every form of evil in your life, for that’s what worship and fearing God is all about. Then you will discover that your pompous pride and perverse speech are the very ways of wickedness that I hate!”

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. Remove your evil actions from my sight and stop sinning!

Isaiah 55:7

The wicked need to abandon their ways, and sinful ones need to banish every evil thought. Let them return to Yahweh, and they will experience his compassionate mercy. Yes, let them return to God, for he will lavish forgiveness upon them.

Jeremiah 13:27

Woe to you, Jerusalem! I have seen your adulteries, your lustful neighing, your shameless prostitution, your vile acts on the hills and in the fields. How long will you continue being unclean?”

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be rescued. How long will evil thoughts and harmful schemes find a resting place in you?

Matthew 12:33

“You must determine if a tree is good or rotten. You can recognize good trees by their delicious fruit. But if you find rotten fruit, you can be certain that the tree is rotten. The fruit defines the tree.

Matthew 5:48

Since you are children of a perfect Father in heaven, become perfect like him.”

Matthew 5:8

“What bliss you experience when your heart is pure! For then your eyes will open to see more and more of God.

Acts 9:31

After this, the church all over Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a season of peace. The congregations grew larger and larger, with the believers being empowered and encouraged by the Holy Spirit. They worshiped God in wonder and awe, and walked in the fear of the Lord.

Romans 5:20

So then, the law was introduced into God’s plan to bring the reality of human sinfulness out of hiding. And yet, wherever sin increased, there was more than enough of God’s grace to triumph all the more!

1 Corinthians 6:20

You were God’s expensive purchase, paid for with tears of blood, so by all means, then, use your body to bring glory to God!

2 Corinthians 1:20

For all of God’s promises find their “yes” of fulfillment in him. And as his “yes” and our “amen” ascend to God, we bring him glory!

Ephesians 2:3

The corruption that was in us from birth was expressed through the deeds and desires of our self-life. We lived by whatever natural cravings and thoughts our minds dictated, living as rebellious children subject to God’s wrath like everyone else.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

Then your hearts will be strengthened in holiness so that you may be flawless and pure before the face of our God and Father at the appearing of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. Amen!

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God’s call on our lives is not to a life of compromise and perversion but to a life surrounded in holiness.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now, may the God of peace and harmony set you apart, making you completely holy. And may your entire being—spirit, soul, and body—be kept completely flawless in the appearing of our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One.

Hebrews 12:23

And as members of the church of the Firstborn all our names have been legally registered as citizens of heaven! And we have come before God who judges all, and who lives among the spirits of the righteous who have been made perfect in his eyes!

Hebrews 12:28

Since we are receiving our rights to an unshakable kingdom we should be extremely thankful and offer God the purest worship that delights his heart as we lay down our lives in absolute surrender, filled with awe.

Hebrews 4:1

Now the promise of entering into God’s rest is still for us today. So we must be extremely careful to ensure that we all embrace the fullness of that promise and not fail to experience it.

Hebrews 6:9

Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are fully convinced that there are more beautiful and excellent things, which flow from your salvation.

James 4:8

Move your heart closer and closer to God, and he will come even closer to you. But make sure you cleanse your life, you sinners, and keep your heart pure and stop doubting.

1 Peter 1:15

Instead, shape your lives to become like the Holy One who called you.

1 Peter 1:17

Since you call on him as your heavenly Father, the impartial Judge who judges according to each one’s works, live each day with holy awe and reverence throughout your time on earth.

1 Peter 1:22

Now, because of your obedience to the truth, you have purified your very souls, and this empowers you to be full of love for your fellow believers. So express this sincere love toward one another passionately and with a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:11

My divinely loved friends, since you are resident aliens and foreigners in this world, I appeal to you to divorce yourselves from the evil desires that wage war within you.

1 Peter 5:10

And then, after your brief suffering, the God of all loving grace, who has called you to share in his eternal glory in Christ, will personally and powerfully restore you and make you stronger than ever. Yes, he will set you firmly in place and build you up.

1 John 1:7

But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, continually cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:9

But if we freely admit our sins when his light uncovers them, he will be faithful to forgive us every time. God is just to forgive us our sins because of Christ, and he will continue to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 3:3

And all who focus their hope on him will always be purifying themselves, just as Jesus is pure.