King James Version
1 Thessalonians 4:7 in the King James Version says “For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.” — study this verse from 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”
1 Thessalonians 4:7 · KJV
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
That 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. defraud: or, oppress, or, overreach in: or, in the matter
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. despiseth: or, rejecteth
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“called”
G2564to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“unto”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“holiness”
G38properly, purification, i.e., (the state) purity; concretely (by hebraism) a purifier
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