2 Corinthians 7:1

Paul's Joy At The Corinthians' Repentance

¹ Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. ² Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

Fear of God

Flesh and Spirit

Let Us

Of the Flesh

O God

Sin

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, arrogancy, the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

Therefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing; and I will receive you

1 Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires which war against the soul

1 John 3:3

And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

2 Chronicles 19:9

And he charged them, saying, Ye shall proceed thus in the fear of the LORD, in truth and with a perfect heart.

Psalm 19:9

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; the rights of the LORD are true, they are all just.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 119:9

BETH. With what shall a young man cleanse his way? when he shall keep thy word.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Proverbs 20:9

Who shall be able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness that thou may be saved. How long shalt thou entertain the thoughts of thy iniquity within thee?

Jeremiah 13:27

I have seen thine adulteries and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom upon the hills; in the same field I saw thine abominations. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean at last? How long then shall it be?

Ezekiel 18:30-32

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one according to his ways, said the Lord GOD. Repent and turn yourselves from all your iniquities, so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

Ezekiel 36:25-26

And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:48

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.

Matthew 12:33

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 23:25-26

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup or of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and incontinence.

Luke 11:39-40

And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

Acts 9:31

Then the congregations had rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria and were edified, walking in the fear of the Lord, and with the comfort of the Holy Spirit they were multiplied.

Romans 5:20-11

Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound,

1 Corinthians 6:20

For ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For all the promises of God are yes in him, and in him Amen, by us for the glory of God.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind and were by nature the children of wrath, even as all the others.

Ephesians 4:12-13

for the perfecting of the saints in the work of the ministry, unto the edifying of the body of the Christ

Philippians 3:12-15

Not as though I had already attained it, either were already perfect, but I follow after, if I may lay hold of that for which I have also been laid hold of by the Christ, Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

that your hearts may be confirmed in holiness, irreprehensible before God, even our Father, for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

And the very God of peace sanctify you completely, that your spirit, soul, and body be preserved whole without reprehension for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:11-14

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

Hebrews 4:1

Let us, therefore, fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

Hebrews 12:23

to the congregation of the called out ones of the firstborn, who are registered in the heavens and to God the Judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us hold fast to the grace, by which we serve God, pleasing him with reverence and godly fear:

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth, by the Spirit, in unfeigned brotherly love, love one another with a pure heart fervently,

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus, the Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, he himself perfects, confirms, strengthens, and establishes you.

2 Peter 1:4-8

whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might be made participants of the divine nature, having fled the corruption that is in the world through lust.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have communion with him in the midst of us, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.