1 Thessalonians 4:7
“For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannesse, but vnto holinesse.”
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1 Thessalonians 4:7 Context
5Not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the Gentiles which know not God: 6That no man goe beyond and defraud his brother in any matter, because that the Lord is the auenger of all such; as we also haue forewarned you, and testified: 7For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannesse, but vnto holinesse. 8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also giuen vnto vs his holy Spirit. 9But as touching brotherly loue, ye need not that I write vnto you: for yee your selues are taught of God to loue one an other.
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Other Translations for 1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
- King James Version
For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
- Basic English Bible
For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
- Darby Bible
For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.
- Webster's Bible
God has not called us to an unclean life, but to one of purity.
- Weymouth Bible
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
- World English Bible
For God clepide not vs in to vnclennesse, but in to holynesse.
- Wycliffe Bible
for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for 1 Thessalonians 4:7
1Th 4:7 Unto holiness. The Christian calling demands purity of life.