40That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
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I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
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. …
To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 37-41)Provision had been just now made by the law for the pardon of sins of ignorance and infirmity; now here is an expedient provided for the preventing of such sins. They are ordered to make fringes upon the borders of their garments, which were to be memorandums to them of their duty, that they might not s 106a in through forgetfulness. 1. The sign appointed is a fringe of silk, or thread, or worsted…
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