1 Thessalonians 4:7

“For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification”

“Not for uncleanness”: “God's call to us does not permit an impure life, but demands purity” (TCNT). See 1 Peter 1:16; 1 Peter 2:11. Christianity does not give us the right to engage in immorality, and grace is not an excuse to sin (Romans 6:1). “In sanctification”: “ In gives us rather the thought of atmosphere, of the settled condition in which He required them to live out their lives” (Morris p. 128). “Christian purity is. subject that cannot be overly taught!” (Denton Lectures p. 133). It is. topic is that often stressed in Scripture, 1 Peter 4:8; 1 Timothy 5:22; 1 John 3:3; 1 Peter 3:2; Titus 2:5; Matthew 5:8; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Peter 1:6.