“For I am Adonai your God. Therefore, sanctify yourselves, and be holy, for I am holy. You are not to defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
1 Thessalonians 4:7 - Tree of Life Version For God did not call us to impurity, but 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 Adonai your God. Therefore, sanctify yourselves, and be holy, for I am holy. You are not to defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
“Speak to all the congregation of Bnei-Yisrael and tell them: You shall be kedoshim, for I, Adonai your God, am holy.
To all those in Rome, loved by God, called to be kedoshim: Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah!
To God’s community in Corinth—having been made holy in Messiah Yeshua, called as kedoshim—with all who everywhere call on the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, both theirs and ours:
Now the deeds of the flesh are clear: sexual immorality, impurity, indecency,
He chose us in the Messiah before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before Him in love.
For we are His workmanship—created in Messiah Yeshua for good deeds, which God prepared beforehand so we might walk in them.
Therefore I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you were called—
Since they are past feeling, they have turned themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of immorality, with greed for more.
He has saved us and called us with a holy calling— not because of our deeds but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Messiah Yeshua before time began,
Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
especially those who follow after the flesh in its unclean desires and who despise the Lord’s authority. Brazen and arrogant, these people do not tremble while slandering glorious beings;