A moment in scripture
1 Thessalonians 4:7
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For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.