1 Thessalonians 4:7 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;

English ASV

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

English Amplified

For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

English EASY 2024

God has chosen us to belong to him. He does not want us to do disgusting things. As his people, he wants us to be holy.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

God chose us to be holy. He does not want us to live in sin.

For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

God did not call us to live in immorality, but in holiness.

English God's Word - GW 1995

God didn't call us to be sexually immoral but to be holy.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For God has not called us to impurity, but to sanctification.

English KJV 1611

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

English LSB

For God did not call us to impurity, but in sanctification.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For God did not call us to impurity but to holiness.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

God chose us to live pure lives. He wants us to be holy.

English NIV

For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

English NKJ 1982

For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.

English NLT

God has called us to be holy, not to live impure lives.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For God’s call on our lives is not to a life of compromise and perversion but to a life surrounded in holiness.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For God has not called us for uncleanness, but in holiness.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For God has not called us to be dirty-minded and full of lust but to be holy and clean.

English Tyndale 1537

For god hath not called us unto uncleanness: but unto sanctifying.(holiness.)

1 Thessalonians 4:7 — Compare Translations