NETBible | For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. |
NIV © |
For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. |
NASB © |
For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification. |
NLT © |
God has called us to be holy, not to live impure lives. |
MSG © |
God hasn't invited us into a disorderly, unkempt life but into something holy and beautiful--as beautiful on the inside as the outside. |
BBE © |
Because it is God’s purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy. |
NRSV © |
For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. |
NKJV © |
For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. |
KJV | For <1063> God <2316> hath <2564> (0) not <3756> called <2564> (5656) us <2248> unto <1909> uncleanness <167>_, but <235> unto <1722> holiness <38>_. |
NASB © |
For God <2316> has not called <2564> us for the purpose of impurity <167> , but in sanctification .<38> |
NET [draft] ITL | For <1063> God <2316> did <2564> not <3756> call <2564> us <2248> to <1909> impurity <167> but <235> in <1722> holiness .<38> |
GREEK | ou <3756> PRT-N gar <1063> CONJ ekalesen <2564> (5656) V-AAI-3S hmav <2248> P-1AP o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM epi <1909> PREP akayarsia <167> N-DSF all <235> CONJ en <1722> PREP agiasmw <38> N-DSM |