1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God did not call us to live impure lives, but holy lives.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:2“Tell all the Israelites: You must be holy because I am holy; I am the Lord your God.
Romans 8:29For God, choosing them in advance, set them apart to be like his Son, so that the Son would be the first of many brothers and sisters.
Galatians 5:19It's clear what the sinful human nature produces: sexual immorality, indecency, sensuality,
Ephesians 2:10We're the product of what God does, created in Christ Jesus to do good, which God already planned that we should do.
Ephesians 4:19Because they are past caring they abandon themselves to sensuality, and greedily do all kinds of disgusting things.
2 Thessalonians 2:13But we just have to keep on thanking God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you to be saved through the Spirit who makes you right as you trust in 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 →