"For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness."
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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.
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.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
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.
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;