Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.

take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.

Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.