15 but *as he who called you is holy, you also be holy *in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, *"You shall be holy, for I am holy."

15 but *as he who called you is holy, you also be holy *in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, *"You shall be holy, for I am holy."

4 *even as he *chose us in him *before the foundation of the world, that we should be *holy and blameless before him. In love

3 For this is the will of God, *your sanctification:**that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control his own *body* in holiness and *honor, 5 not in *the passion of lust *like the Gentiles *who do not know God; 6 that no one transgress and *wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is *an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. 7 For *God has not called us for *impurity, but in holiness.

9 *who saved us and *called us to* a holy calling, *not because of our works but because of *his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus *before the ages began,*

3 Yet you are *holy,

*enthroned on *the praises* of Israel.

2 *"There is none holy like the Lord:

for there is none besides you;

there is *no rock like our God.

15 For thus says *the One who is high and lifted up,

who inhabits eternity, whose name is *Holy:

*"I dwell in the high and holy place,

and also *with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,

*to revive the spirit of the lowly,

and to revive the heart of the contrite.

23 So I will show my greatness and my *holiness and *make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then *they will know that I am the Lord.

23 *And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. *And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

14 *Strive for peace with everyone, and for the *holiness *without which no one will see the Lord.

14 *Strive for peace with everyone, and for the *holiness *without which no one will see the Lord.

1 Since we have these promises, beloved, *let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body* and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

1 Since we have these promises, beloved, *let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body* and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

22 But now that you *have been set free from sin and *have become slaves of God, *the fruit you get leads to sanctification and *its end, eternal life.

19 *I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For *just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members *as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

1 *I appeal to you therefore, brothers,* by the mercies of God, *to present your bodies *as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.*

17 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles *contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; *avoid them.

3 But *sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness *must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

3 But *sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness *must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

22 to *put off *your old self,* which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through *deceitful desires, 23 and *to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on *the new self, *created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

21 *And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, *doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled *in his body of flesh by his death, *in order to present you holy and blameless and *above reproach before him, 23 *if indeed you continue in the faith, *stable and steadfast, not shifting from *the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed *in all creation* under heaven, *and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

17 *Sanctify them*in the truth; *your word is truth.

9 How can *a young man keep his way pure?

By guarding it according to your word.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!

*Try me and know my thoughts!*

24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,

and *lead me in *the way everlasting!*

1 *Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and all that is within me,

bless his holy name!

16 *Do you not know that you* are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those *sanctified in Christ Jesus, *called to be saints together with all those who in every place *call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

5 *Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,*

1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from *love, any *participation in the Spirit, any *affection and sympathy, 2 *complete my joy by being *of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from *selfish ambition or *conceit, but in *humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you *look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 *Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,*6 *who, though he was in *the form of God, did not count equality with God *a thing to be grasped,*7 but *emptied himself, by taking the form of a *servant,**being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by *becoming obedient to the point of death, *even death on a cross. 9 *Therefore *God has *highly exalted him and bestowed on him *the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus *every knee should bow, *in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and *every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is *Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

12 Therefore, my beloved, *as you have always *obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for *it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for *his good pleasure.

14 Do all things *without grumbling or *disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, *children of God *without blemish *in the midst of *a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine *as lights in the world, 16 holding fast to *the word of life, so that in *the day of Christ *I may be proud that *I did not run in vain or labor in vain. 17 Even if I am to be *poured out as a drink offering upon *the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

19 I hope in the Lord Jesus *to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20 For I have no one *like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. 21 For they all *seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know Timothy’s**proven worth, how *as a son* with a father *he has served with me in the gospel. 23 I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, 24 and *I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.

25 I have thought it necessary to send to you *Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and *fellow soldier, and your messenger and *minister to my need, 26 for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. 27 Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious. 29 So *receive him in the Lord with all joy, and *honor such men, 30 for he nearly died**for the work of Christ, risking his life *to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

48 *You therefore must be *perfect, *as your heavenly Father is perfect.

16 **"No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

14 *Seek good, and not evil,

that you may live;

and so the Lord, *the God of hosts, will be with you,

as you have said.

10 *The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

and *the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

25 It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy,"

and to reflect only *after making vows.

26 *You shall be holy to me, *for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

26 *You shall be holy to me, *for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

7 *Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

4 Sing to God, *sing praises to his name;

*lift up a song to him who *rides through *the deserts;

his name is *the Lord;

exult before him!

5 *Father of the fatherless and *protector of widows

is God in his holy habitation.