1 Thessalonians 4:7 KJV — MannaFest

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

KJV

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ASV

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

WEB

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

YLT

for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;

DBT

ForGod has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

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1 Thessalonians — Paul's earliest letter. Thanksgiving for a young church's faith, and plain teaching on holy living and the return of Christ.

Author: Paul, with Silvanus and Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 50–51, from Corinth

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2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Leviticus 11:44
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
1 Peter 2:9–12
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
2 Peter 1:3
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

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The law of God forbids all impurity, and the gospel requires the greatest purity; it calls us from uncleanness unto holiness. (6.) The contempt therefore of God's law and gospel is the contempt of God himself: He that despises despises God, not man only.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

unto uncleanness--Greek, "for the purpose of." unto--rather as Greek, "in"; marking that "holiness" is the element in which our calling has place; in a sphere of holiness. Saint is another name for Christian.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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