Dear friends, we have these promises from God. So we should make ourselves pure free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. Our respect for God should make us try to be completely holy in the way we live.

Try to live in peace with everyone. And try to keep your lives free from sin. Anyone whose life is not holy will never see the Lord.

Be holy in everything you do, just as God is holy. He is the one who chose you.
In the Scriptures God says, "Be holy, because I am holy."

Beth How can a young person live a pure life? By obeying your word.

God saved us and chose us to be his holy people, but not because of anything we ourselves did. God saved us and made us his people because that was what he wanted and because of his grace. That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began.

God, examine me and know my mind. Test me and know all my worries.
Make sure that I am not going the wrong way. Lead me on the path that has always been right.

In your life together, think the way Christ Jesus thought.

But there must be no sexual sin among you. There must not be any kind of evil or selfishly wanting more and more, because such things are not right for God's holy people.

Do everything without complaining or arguing
so that you will be blameless and pure, children of God without any fault. But you are living with evil people all around you, who have lost their sense of what is right. Among those people you shine like lights in a dark world,
and you offer them the teaching that gives life. So I can be proud of you when Christ comes again. You will show that my work was not wasted that I ran in the race and won.

So I beg you, brothers and sisters, because of the great mercy God has shown us, offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him an offering that is only for God and pleasing to him. Considering what he has done, it is only right that you should worship him in this way.

There is no holy God like the Lord. There is no God but you. There is no Rock like our God.

God is high and lifted up. He lives forever. His name is holy. He says, "I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and sorry for their sins. I will give new life to those who are humble in spirit. I will give new life to those who are sorry for their sins.

Brothers and sisters, I want you to be very careful of those who cause arguments and hurt people's faith by teaching things that are against what you learned. Stay away from them.

Then I will show how great I am. I will prove that I am holy. Many nations will see me do these things, and they will learn who I am. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

A song of David. My soul, praise the Lord! Every part of me, praise his holy name!

I have made you my special people. So you must be holy because I am the Lord, and I am holy.

I will show the nations how holy my great name really is. You ruined my good name in those nations! But I will show you that I am holy. I will make you respect my name, and then those nations will know that I am the Lord.'" This is what the Lord God said.

You say {that God is with you}, so you should do good things, not evil. Then you will live, and the Lord God All-Powerful will be with you.

Think carefully before you promise to give something to God. Later, you might wish you had not made that promise.

"No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. Instead, they put the lamp on a lampstand so that the people who come in will have enough light to see.

But now you are free from sin. You have become slaves of God, and the result is that you live only for God. This will bring you eternal life.

What I am saying is that you must be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Prepare the way for the one who rides on the clouds. His name is Yah. Worship before him with joy.
God, who lives in his holy palace, is a father to orphans, and he takes care of widows.

Wisdom begins with fear and respect for the Lord. Knowledge of the Holy One leads to understanding.