How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.įor it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he? Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.įor the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.īut sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.įor you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.įor I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.īy purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love. Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.įor this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality.įor God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.ĭo not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others keep yourself pure.īut as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.Īnd everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.īut because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”-and God will destroy both one and the other. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.ĭo you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.įlee from sexual immorality. Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Here are the 60 best Bible scriptures on purity.
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