1 Thessalonians 4:7
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7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, (A)but in holiness.
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Leviticus 11:44
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44 For I am the Lord your (A)God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and (B)you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
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Ephesians 1:4
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4 just as (A)He chose us in Him (B)before the foundation of the world, that we should (C)be holy and without blame before Him in love,
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2 Peter 2:10
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10 and especially (A)those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. (B)They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of [a]dignitaries,
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- 2 Peter 2:10 glorious ones, lit. glories
1 Peter 2:21-22
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21 For (A)to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for [a]us, (B)leaving [b]us an example, that you should follow His steps:
22 “Who(C) committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
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- 1 Peter 2:21 NU you
- 1 Peter 2:21 NU, M you
1 Thessalonians 2:3
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3 (A)For our exhortation did not come from error or uncleanness, nor was it in deceit.
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Romans 8:29-30
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29 For whom (A)He foreknew, (B)He also predestined (C)to be conformed to the image of His Son, (D)that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also (E)called; whom He called, these He also (F)justified; and whom He justified, these He also (G)glorified.
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1 Peter 2:9-12
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9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light; 10 (B)who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
Living Before the World
11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts (C)which war against the soul, 12 (D)having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, (E)they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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1 Peter 1:14-16
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14 as obedient children, not (A)conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 (B)but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, (C)“Be holy, for I am holy.”
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Ephesians 4:19
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19 (A)who, being past feeling, (B)have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
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Galatians 5:19
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19 Now (A)the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [a]adultery, [b]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
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- Galatians 5:19 NU omits adultery
- Galatians 5:19 sexual immorality
Romans 1:7
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7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, (A)called to be saints:
(B)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
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Stand Fast
13 But we are [a]bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God (A)from the beginning (B)chose you for salvation (C)through [b]sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for (D)the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 under obligation
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 being set apart by
Ephesians 4:1
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Walk in Unity
4 I, therefore, the prisoner [a]of the Lord, [b]beseech you to (A)walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,
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- Ephesians 4:1 Lit. in
- Ephesians 4:1 exhort, encourage
Ephesians 2:10
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10 For we are (A)His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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1 Corinthians 1:2
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2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who (A)are [a]sanctified in Christ Jesus, (B)called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ (C)our Lord, (D)both theirs and ours:
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- 1 Corinthians 1:2 set apart
Leviticus 19:2
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2 “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: (A)‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
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Hebrews 12:14
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14 (A)Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, (B)without which no one will see the Lord:
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2 Timothy 1:9
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9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, (A)not according to our works, but (B)according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus (C)before time began,
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