King James Version (KJV)
1 Thessalonians 4:7
“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”
Verse in context — 1 Thessalonians 4
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Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
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That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
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For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
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He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
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But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
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