1 Thessalonians 4:7

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Summary

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

God

General references

Leviticus 20:7

Luke 1:75

Bible References

God

For I am Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I am holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy am I, Jehovah, your God.

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ!

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place -- both theirs and ours:

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

Call upon you, then, do I -- the prisoner of the Lord -- to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

General references

And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I am Jehovah your God;

To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.