7For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.


In Context

4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor;

5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles who know not God:

6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

7 For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.

8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given to us his holy Spirit.

9 But concerning brotherly love ye need not that I write to you: for ye yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

1 Thessalonians 4:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:7For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.