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Holiness
How can I stay pure?
10 verses
Verse 1
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
I Peter 1:15 · KJV
God's direct call: be holy because I am holy — the foundation of all holiness teaching.
Verse 2
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 11:44 · KJV
The original command from God to be holy, establishing holiness as belonging to God.
Verse 3
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Hebrews 12:14 · KJV
Urges pursuit of holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Verse 4
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
I Thessalonians 4:7 · KJV
God called us not to impurity but to live a holy life.
Verse 5
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
II Corinthians 7:1 · KJV
Calls us to purify ourselves from all that defiles, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
Verse 6
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Romans 6:19 · KJV
Uses the analogy of slavery to call us to offer ourselves to righteousness leading to holiness.
Verse 7
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 theirs and ours:
I Corinthians 1:2 · KJV
Believers are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy.
Verse 8
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:
Ephesians 1:4 · KJV
God chose us in Christ before creation to be holy and blameless in His sight.
Verse 9
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
I Peter 2:5 · KJV
Believers are built as a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God.
Verse 10
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Leviticus 20:26 · KJV
God sets His people apart to be holy for Him — holiness is about belonging to God.