The Bible treats purity as something God requires and something God gives. Psalm 24:3-4 asks for clean hands and a pure heart, David prays for God to create one (Psalm 51:10), and 1 John 1:9 promises that God will “purify us from all unrighteousness.” Jesus blesses the pure in heart (Matthew 5:8). In the Law of Moses purity includes the distinction between clean and unclean animals (Leviticus 20:25-26). The letters apply it to sexual conduct (1 Thessalonians 4:3-4, Hebrews 13:4),…
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