2 Corinthians 7:1

Paul's Joy At The Corinthians' Repentance

¹ Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God. ² Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

Fear of God

Flesh and Spirit

Let Us

Of the Flesh

O God

Sin

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

1 Peter 2:11

My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.

2 Chronicles 19:9

And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.

Psalm 19:9

The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

Psalm 51:10

Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.

Psalm 119:9

How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

Proverbs 20:9

Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

Isaiah 1:16

Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

Isaiah 55:7

Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

Jeremiah 13:27

I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?

Ezekiel 18:30-32

For this cause I will be your judge, O children of Israel, judging every man by his ways, says the Lord. Come back and be turned from all your sins; so that they may not be the cause of your falling into evil.

Ezekiel 36:25-26

And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.

Matthew 5:8

Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

Matthew 5:48

Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

Matthew 12:33

Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

Matthew 23:25-26

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

Luke 11:39-40

And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.

Acts 9:31

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

Romans 5:20-11

And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:

1 Corinthians 6:20

For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

Ephesians 2:3

Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

Ephesians 4:12-13

For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

Philippians 3:12-15

Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:11-14

For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,

Hebrews 4:1

Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.

Hebrews 12:23

To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

Hebrews 12:28

If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

1 Peter 1:22

And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

1 Peter 5:10

And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

2 Peter 1:4-8

And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

1 John 1:7

But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

1 John 1:9

If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.