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

Luke 1:75

Bible References

God

To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest in a vast family of brothers;

To the Church of God in Corinth, men and women consecrated in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ-- their Lord as well as ours.

even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence.

For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.

I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received--

And from us thanks are always due to God on your behalf--brethren whom the Lord loves--because God from the beginning has chosen you for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying influence and your belief in the truth.

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with our desserts, but in accordance with His own purpose and the free grace which He bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before the commencement of the Ages,

but may rather be restored. Persistently strive for peace with all men, and for that growth in holiness apart from which no one will see the Lord.

And, since you delight in obedience, do not shape your lives by the cravings which used to dominate you in the time of your ignorance,

But you are a chosen race, a priesthood of kingly lineage, a holy nation, a people belonging specially to God, that you may make known the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.

General references

In piety and uprightness before Him all our days.