1 Thessalonians 4:7

1 Thessalonians 4:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
• New International Version (NIV)For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 4:7

5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God. 6In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly. For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. 8Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. 9Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

1 Thessalonians 4:7 word by word

οὐ γὰρ ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἁγιασμῷ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hathκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• notοὐou · noG3756
• calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• untoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• uncleannessἀκαθαρσίαakatharsia · impurityG167
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• untoἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• holinessἁγιασμόςhagiasmos · holinessG38

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:7

• Leviticus 11:44for I am the Lord your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,
• Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, ‘You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
• Romans 1:7To all those loved by God in Rome, called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
• Romans 8:29because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
• 1 Corinthians 1:2to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
• Ephesians 1:4For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.
• Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.
• Ephesians 4:1I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
• 2 Timothy 1:9He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
• Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
• 1 Peter 1:14Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:3For the appeal we make does not come from error or impurity or with deceit,
• Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,
• Ephesians 4:19Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7God hath not called us unto uncleanness - He is the creator of male and female, and the institutor of marriage, and he has called men and women to this state; but the end of this and all the other callings of God to man is holiness, not uncleanness. And they who use the marriage state as he directs, will find it conducive to their holiness and perfection.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness - When he called us to be his followers, it was not that we should lead lives of impurity, but of holiness. We should, therefore, fulfil the purposes for which we were called into his kingdom. The word “uncleanness” ( ̓́ akatharsia), means, properly, “impurity, filth;” and then, in a moral sense, “pollution, lewdness,” as opposed to chastity; Romans 1:24; Romans 6:19; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7not … impurity … but … holiness: Compare with 1:4; 2:12; 5:23–24; 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14; 1 Peter 1:15–16.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. unto uncleanness--Greek, "for the purpose of." unto--rather as Greek, "in"; marking that "holiness" is the element in which our calling has place; in a sphere of holiness. Saint is another name for Christian.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 4:7

• Adultery
• Chastity
• Holiness
• Injustice

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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings