1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God did not call you unto impurity, but to sanctification.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
In Context
8He therefore who spurneth, spurneth not man but God, who hath given his Holy Spirit in you.
Cross References
Romans 8:29And he knew them, previously; and he sealed them with the likeness of the image of his Son; that He might be the first-born of many brothers.
Galatians 5:19For the works of the flesh are known, which are whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,
Ephesians 2:10For we are his creation; who are created in Jesus the Messiah, for good works, which God hath before prepared for us to walk in.
Ephesians 4:19They have cut off their hope, and have given themselves over to lasciviousness, and to the practice of all uncleanness in their greediness.
2 Thessalonians 2:13But we are bound to give thanks to God always, on your account, my brethren beloved of our Lord, that God hath from the beginning chosen you unto life, through sanctification of the Spirit, and through faith 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 →