1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
In other versions
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
ASV
Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
BBE
For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
DBY
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
WEB
for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;
YLT
For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
ENG
For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.
WBT
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
BSB
In context
5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6That 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.
7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.