For I am the Lord your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.
1 Thessalonians 4:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity]. American Standard Version (1901) For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification. Common English Bible God didn’t call us to be immoral but to be dedicated to him. Catholic Public Domain Version For God has not called us to impurity, but to sanctification. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification. |
For I am the Lord your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.
‘Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
To the church of God at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord #– #both their Lord and ours.
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity,
For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him. ,
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,
They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuity for the practice of every kind of impurity with a desire for more and more.
For our exhortation didn’t come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.
He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness #– #without it no one will see the Lord.
especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold, arrogant people! They are not afraid to slander the glorious ones;