2 Corinthians 7:1

Paul's Joy At The Corinthians' Repentance

¹ As these promises are ours, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and of spirit, and perfect our holiness in the fear of God. ² Make room for me in your hearts! I have wronged no man, I have ruined no man, I have defrauded no man.

Fear of God

Flesh and Spirit

Let Us

Of the Flesh

O God

Sin

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

Therefore, Come out from among them and separate yourselves, saith the Lord, touch not what is unclean;

1 Peter 2:11

I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls.

1 John 3:3

And every one who is holding this hope in him is purifying himself, even as he is pure.

Matthew 5:8

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

Matthew 5:48

"You then must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

Matthew 12:33

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

Matthew 23:25-26

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but within they are filled with extortion and excess.

Luke 11:39-40

but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.

Acts 9:31

Now throughout the whole of Judea, Galilee, and Samaria the Church continued to enjoy peace and to be spiritually built up. It was increasing in members also, as it kept walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 5:20-11

Now law was brought in so that transgression might abound; but where sin abounded, grace super-abounded;

1 Corinthians 6:20

You are not your own; for you have been bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your bodies.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For however many are the promises of God, in him they are "Yes." Therefore also through him let the Amen be said by our voices to the glory of God.

Ephesians 2:3

And among them we all once passed our lives, indulging the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of our senses and temperament, and were by nature the children of wrath like all the rest.

Ephesians 4:12-13

in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

Philippians 3:12-15

I do not say that I have already won, or am already perfect, but I am passing on to lay hold on the prize for which also Christ has laid hold of me.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

And so may he establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his saints.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God has not called us for uncleanness, but in holiness.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God of peace consecrate you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept altogether faultless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:11-14

"For God's grace has shined forth bringing salvation to all men

Hebrews 4:1

Let us be on our guard, then, though there is a promise still standing of being admitted to his rest, lest any one of you should be found to have come short of it.

Hebrews 12:23

to the festal assemblage and church of the firstborn, registered in heaven, to a Judge who is God of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Hebrews 12:28

Wherefore since we are receiving a kingdom which is unshakable, let us give thanks, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with holy awe and fear,

James 4:8

Draw near to God And he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, And purify your hearts, you double-minded.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, you must love one another from your hearts, fervently.

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, who has called us by Christ Jesus to share his eternal glory, will, after you have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

2 Peter 1:4-8

By these he has granted his promises to us, precious and splendid; so that through them you may become partners of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

1 John 1:7

But is we are passing our life in the light, as he is in the light, we ever have partnership with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ is cleansing us from every sin.

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins, faithful is he and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all wrong-doing.