1st Thessalonians Chapter 4 verse 7 Holy Bible

ASV 1stThessalonians 4:7

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
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BBE 1stThessalonians 4:7

Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
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DARBY 1stThessalonians 4:7

For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
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KJV 1stThessalonians 4:7

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
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WBT 1stThessalonians 4:7


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WEB 1stThessalonians 4:7

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
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YLT 1stThessalonians 4:7

for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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." . . .