7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
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For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: …
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: …
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here we have, I. An exhortation to abound in holiness, to abound more and more in that which is good, 1 Thess. 4:1 , 2 . We may observe, 1. The manner in which the exhortation is given—very affectionately. The apostle entreats them as brethren; he calls them so, and loved them as such. Because his love to them was very great, he exhorts them very earnestly: We beseech and exhort you . The apostle…
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