Bible verse
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
1 Thessalonians 4:7 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Thessalonians 4.
3 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
4 each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
11 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
KJV
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
ASV
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
ERV
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
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