1 Thessalonians 4:7
for God has not called us for uncleanness, but for holiness.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
In Context
8Therefore, he that despises, despises not man, but God, who has given us his Holy Spirit.
Cross References
Romans 8:29For those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren:
Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are well known, and they are these―lewdness, uncleanness, wantonness,
Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 4:19who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to licentiousness, that they may work all manner of uncleanness with greediness.
2 Thessalonians 2:13But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God did, from the beginning, choose you to salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:2-9
Exhortations to Holiness; Caution against Impurity. ( a. d. 51.) 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust… Read the whole commentary →