1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:2Speak unto all the assembly of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Holy shall ye be, for I Jehovah your God am holy.
Romans 8:29Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be [the] firstborn among many brethren.
Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 4:19who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
2 Thessalonians 2:13But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of [the] Lord, that God has chosen you from [the] beginning to salvation in 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 →