1 Thessalonians 4:7
New International Version
For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

New Living Translation
God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives.

English Standard Version
For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.

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

Berean Literal Bible
For God has not called us to impurity, but into holiness.

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

New King James Version
For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.

New American Standard Bible
For God has not called us for impurity, but in sanctification.

NASB 1995
For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.

NASB 1977
For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.

Legacy Standard Bible
For God did not call us to impurity, but in sanctification.

Amplified Bible
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness [to be dedicated, and set apart by behavior that pleases Him, whether in public or in private].

Christian Standard Bible
For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For God has not called us to impurity but to sanctification.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For God has not called you to impurity but to holiness.

Contemporary English Version
God didn't choose you to be filthy, but to be pure.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God didn't call us to be sexually immoral but to be holy.

Good News Translation
God did not call us to live in immorality, but in holiness.

International Standard Version
For God did not call us to be impure, but to be holy.

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

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

New American Bible
For God did not call us to impurity but to holiness.

NET Bible
For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

New Revised Standard Version
For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

New Heart English Bible
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

Webster's Bible Translation
For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.

Weymouth New Testament
God has not called us to an unclean life, but to one of purity.

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

Young's Literal Translation
for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;

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Context
Living to Please God
6and 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. 7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness. 8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.…

Cross References
1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

2 Thessalonians 2:13
But 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.

1 Peter 1:15
But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,


Treasury of Scripture

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

God.

Leviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

Romans 1:7
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

uncleanness.

1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Ephesians 4:19
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

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1 Thessalonians 4
1. He exhorts them to go forward in all manner of godliness;
6. to live holily and justly;
9. to love one another;
11. and quietly to follow their own business;
13. and last of all, to sorrow moderately for the dead.
17. followed by a brief description of the resurrection, and second coming of Christ to judgment.














(7) For God.--This gives the reason for stating that the Lord will take vengeance on such sins; because they are not part of the terms on which His Father called us. It should be "did not call." These 1Thessalonians 4:7-8, sum up the little disquisition, returning to the principle announced in 1Thessalonians 4:3.

Unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.--The preposition translated "unto" has the same force in Galatians 5:13, "Called unto liberty," and Ephesians 2:10, "Created unto good works." It implies not so much the definite end to which we are invited, as the terms on which the invitation will still stand; for the call is not yet accomplished. (See Note on 1Thessalonians 2:12.) The second "unto" in the Greek is simply "in," used in the same sense as in 1Thessalonians 4:4. Paraphrase, "For God did not call us on the understanding that we might be unclean, but by the way of sanctification." . . .

Verse 7. - For God hath not called us unto; or, for the purpose cf. Uncleanness; moral uncleanness in general (comp. 1 Corinthians 6:15). But unto; or, in; in a state of Holiness; or sanctification; the same word as in the third verse; so that holiness is the whole sphere of cur Christian life.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

{has} not
οὐ (ou)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

called
ἐκάλεσεν (ekalesen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'.

us
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

to
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

impurity,
ἀκαθαρσίᾳ (akatharsia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 167: Uncleanness, impurity. From akathartos; impurity, physically or morally.

but
ἀλλ’ (all’)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

to
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

holiness.
ἁγιασμῷ (hagiasmō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 38: From hagiazo; properly, purification, i.e. purity; concretely a purifier.


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