1 THESSALONIANS 4:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”
For God has not called us for impurity but in holiness — the calling (kaleo) of God is toward sanctification, not toward moral degradation. Impurity (akatharsia) is antithetical to the divine vocation. The call is not invitation but imperative; holiness is constitutive of Christian identity.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 4:7
Because he had said “his brother,” and had also added, that God is the avenger, showing that even if an unbeliever has suffered this, he who has done it shall suffer punishment, he says, it is not as avenging him that He punishes you, but because you have insulted Himself. He Himself called you, you have insulted Him who called you. On this account, he has added,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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