Catholic Public Domain Version
"For God has not called us to impurity, but to sanctification. "
— 1 Thessalonians 4:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”
“For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification. ”
“For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.”
“For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.”
“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.”
“Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.”
“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”
that each one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,
not in passions of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God,
and that no one should overwhelm or circumvent his brother in business. For the Lord is the vindicator of all these things, just as we have preached and testified to you.
For God has not called us to impurity, but to sanctification.
And so, whoever despises these teachings, does not despise man, but God, who has even provided his Holy Spirit within us.
But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.
For indeed, you act in this way with all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we petition you, brothers, so that you may abound all the more,