1 John 3:3

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

And every one who has this hope with regard to Christ tries to make himself pure--as Christ is pure.

Cross References

Matthew 5:48

You, then, must become perfect--as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Luke 6:36

Learn to be merciful--even as your Father is merciful.

John 17:19

And it is for their sakes that I am consecrating myself, so that they also may be truly consecrated.

Acts 15:9

He made no distinction between them and us, when he purified their hearts by their faith.

Romans 15:12

Again, Isaiah says--'There shall be a Scion of the house of Jesse, One who is to arise to rule the Gentiles; on him shall the Gentiles rest their hopes.'

2 Corinthians 7:1

With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest reverence for God, aim at perfect holiness.

Colossians 1:5

On account of the hope which awaits its fulfillment in Heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true Message of the Good News which reached you--

2 Thessalonians 2:16

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and, in his loving-kindness, gave us unfailing consolation and good ground for hope,

Titus 3:7

that, having been pronounced righteous through his loving-kindness, we might enter on our inheritance with the hope of Immortal Life.

Hebrews 12:14

Try earnestly to live at peace with every one, and to attain to that purity without which no one will see the Lord.

Hebrews 6:18

For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false--we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us.

Hebrews 7:26

This was the High Priest that we needed--holy, innocent, spotless, withdrawn from sinners, exalted above the highest Heaven,

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillating men!

1 Peter 1:15

but in your whole life show yourselves to be holy, after the pattern of the Holy One from whom you received your Call.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

2 Peter 1:4

For it was through this that he gave us what we prize as the greatest of his promises, that through them you might participate in the divine nature, now that you have fled from the corruption in the world, resulting from human passions.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, dear friends, in expectation of these things, make every effort to be found by him spotless, blameless, and at peace.

1 John 2:6

He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.

1 John 4:17

It is through this that love has attained its perfection in us, so that we may have confidence on the Day of Judgment, because what Christ is that we also are in this world.