1 Tesalonicenses 4:7

7 Dios nos ha llamado a vivir vidas santas, no impuras.

1 Tesalonicenses 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God hath not called us
The Syriac version reads "you". This is another reason to enforce the above exhortations, and to caution them against the above unclean practices, taken from the end of the effectual calling by the efficacious grace of God, which is not

unto uncleanness
of any sort, as before specified. This they had lived in before their calling, and were now called from it into communion with Christ, who loves righteousness, and hates iniquity; and by the Gospel, which teaches to deny ungodliness, and worldly lusts, and to forsake all impurity, both of flesh and spirit:

but
this call is

unto holiness
of life and conversation in general, and to chastity in thought, look, word, and actions in particular; for God that calls is holy, and therefore those who are called ought to be so; the calling with which they are called is an holy calling, principles of grace and holiness are wrought in their souls, when they are called; and the end of their calling is to live soberly, righteously, and godly; and then, and then only, do they walk worthy of that calling wherewith they are called, and of God who has, by his grace, called them to his kingdom and glory.

1 Tesalonicenses 4:7 In-Context

5 no en pasiones sensuales como viven los paganos, que no conocen a Dios ni sus caminos.

6 Nunca hagan daño ni engañen a un hermano cristiano en este asunto, teniendo relaciones sexuales con su esposa,
porque el Señor toma venganza de todos esos pecados, como ya les hemos advertido solemnemente.

7 Dios nos ha llamado a vivir vidas santas, no impuras.

8 Por lo tanto, todo el que se niega a vivir de acuerdo con estas reglas no desobedece enseñanzas humanas sino que rechaza a Dios, quien les da el Espíritu Santo.

9 Pero no hace falta que les escribamos sobre la importancia de amarse mutuamente,
pues Dios mismo les ha enseñado a amarse unos a otros.