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15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, 16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."*

15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, 16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."*

4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

3 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; 4 each of you must know how to control his own body* in holiness and honor, 5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard,* because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you. 7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

9 He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.*

3 Yet You are holy,

enthroned on the praises of Israel.

2 There is no one holy like the LORD.

Indeed, there is no one besides You!

And 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 a high and holy place,

and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,

to restore the spirit of the lowly

and revive the heart of the contrite.

23 I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.[’’]

23 I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations— the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.

A Call to Holiness

14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

A Call to Holiness

14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

Paul’s Joy in the Corinthians

1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Paul’s Joy in the Corinthians

1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

Living Sacrifices

1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.*

Avoid Divisions

17 Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.

3 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

3 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

22 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

21 Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds. 22 But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence — 23 if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature* under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

17 Sanctify them by 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;

test me and know my concerns.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me;

lead me in the way everlasting.

Bless the LORD, O My Soul

1 Of David.

Bless the LORD, O my soul;

all that is within me, bless His holy name.

God’s Temple and God’s Wisdom

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

2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

The Mind of Christ

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

One in Christ

1 Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

The Mind of Christ

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, existing in the form of God,

did not consider equality with God

something to be grasped,*

7 but emptied Himself,

taking the form of a servant,

being made in human likeness.

8 And being found in appearance as a man,

He humbled Himself

and became obedient to death —

even death on a cross.

9 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place

and gave Him the name above all names,

10 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.

Lights in the World

12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

14 Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation,* in which you shine as lights in the world 16 as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 18 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

Timothy and Epaphroditus

19 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing. 20 I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs. 21 For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel. 23 So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me. 24 And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon.

25 But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs. 26 For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. 27 He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious. 29 Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him, 30 because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.

48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.[’’]

The Lesson of the Lamp

16 No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

14 Seek good, not evil,

so that you may live.

And the LORD, the God of Hosts,

will be with you, as you have claimed.

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,

and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

25 It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly,

only later to reconsider his vows.

26 You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

26 You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

7 Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

4 Sing to God!

Sing praises to His name.

Exalt Him who rides on the clouds*—

His name is the LORD—

and rejoice before Him.

5 A father of the fatherless

and a defender of widows

is God in His holy habitation.