1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Context
This verse from 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Instruction on sexual holiness: abstain from sexual immorality, controlling your own body in holiness and honor, not in passionate lust like the Gentiles. Concerning those who have died: we should not grieve as those without hope, for Jesus who died …
Other Translations
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;
Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
Cross References
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am …
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I …
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God …
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he …
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he …
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be …
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and …
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should …
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,