1 Thessalonians 4:7

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

Cross References (18)

  • Leviticus 11:44 (23)

    For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourse

  • 1 Peter 2:9–12 (20)

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtu

  • Ephesians 1:4 (19)

    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

  • 1 Peter 1:14–16 (14)

    As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

  • 1 Peter 2:21–22 (11)

    For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His

  • Romans 8:29–30 (11)

    For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn a

  • Leviticus 19:2 (11)

    “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

  • 2 Peter 2:10 (10)

    Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold

  • 2 Timothy 1:9 (10)

    He 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 gr

  • Galatians 5:19 (8)

    The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

  • Hebrews 12:14 (7)

    Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:3 (7)

    For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14 (7)

    But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to

  • Ephesians 4:1 (6)

    As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

  • Ephesians 4:19 (6)

    Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity

  • Ephesians 2:10 (6)

    For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life

  • Romans 1:7 (4)

    To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jes

  • 1 Corinthians 1:2 (3)

    To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those ever