1 Thessalonians 4:7

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

for God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

YLT

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

DBY

For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.Elohim

DRC

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

GNV

For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannesse, but vnto holinesse.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

οὐ γὰρ ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ ἀλλʼ ἐν ἁγιασμῷ.

RP2018

Οὐ γὰρ ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἁγιασμῷ.

TR-Boyd

Οὐ γὰρ ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ, ἀλλ᾿ ἐν ἁγιασμῷ.

SCR1894

ου γαρ εκαλεσεν ημας ο θεος επι ακαθαρσια αλλ εν αγιασμω

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• Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
• 1 Peter 2:9–12But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but…
• Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
• 1 Peter 1:14–16As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
• Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
• Romans 8:29–30For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified;…
• 1 Peter 2:21–22For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
• 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
• 2 Peter 2:10Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
• Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
• Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. To this He called you…
• 1 Thessalonians 2:3For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
• Ephesians 4:19Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.
• Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
• Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

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