Being set apart

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• Romans 12:2

  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• 1 Peter 2:9

  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

• John 17:15–18

  I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. …

• John 15:19

  If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

• Ephesians 2:10

  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

• Galatians 2:20

  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

• 1 Peter 1:16

  Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

• 2 Corinthians 6:14–18

  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. …

• Romans 12:1

  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

• 1 Corinthians 6:19

  What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

• Romans 12:1–2

  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• 2 Corinthians 7:1

  Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

• 2 Corinthians 5:17

  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

• Romans 13:14

  But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

• Romans 1:1–32

  Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; …

• 1 Peter 2:1–25

  Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. …

• Colossians 3:10

  And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

• 2 Timothy 2:21

  If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

• Romans 1:1

  Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

• 2 Corinthians 6:17

  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

• Galatians 5:16

  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

• Romans 8:28

  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

• Romans 8:9

  But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

• Deuteronomy 14:2

  For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

• Psalms 4:3

  But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

• Psalms 119:9

  BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

• Titus 2:14

  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

• Deuteronomy 7:6

  For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

• 1 Corinthians 6:9–11

  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

• James 1:27

  Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

• 1 Peter 1:15–16

  But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

• Colossians 4:5

  Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

• 1 Peter 5:8

  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

• Leviticus 20:26

  And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

• Jeremiah 1:5

  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

• Romans 7:18

  For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

• 1 Peter 1:13–16

  Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; …

• 1 John 2:15

  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

• Hebrews 11:1–40

  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. …

• 2 Thessalonians 2:13

  But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: