1 Thessalonians 4:7

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

For God's Call to us does not permit of an impure life, but demands purity.

Cross References

Romans 1:7

May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

1 Corinthians 1:2

From Paul, who has been called to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, And from Sosthenes, our Brother.

Galatians 5:19

The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these--unchastity, impurity, indecency,

Ephesians 1:4

For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are God's handiwork, created, by our union with Christ Jesus, for the good actions in doing which God had pre-arranged that we should spend our lives.

Ephesians 4:1

I urge you, then--I who am a prisoner in the Master's cause-- to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;

Ephesians 4:19

Lost to all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, in order to practice every kind of impurity without restraint.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you.

2 Timothy 1:9

It was God who saved us, and from him we received our solemn Call--not as a reward for anything that we had done, but in fulfillment of his own loving purpose. For that love was extended to us, through Christ Jesus, before time began,

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.

2 Peter 2:10

especially those who, following the promptings of their lower nature, indulge their polluting passions and despise all control. Audacious and self-willed, they feel no awe of the Mighty, maligning them,