All holiness verses in new testament
Here are the verses related to holiness in the New Testament:
Matthew
- Matthew 5:48 - "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." (holiness as a goal)
- Matthew 19:21 - "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." (holiness as a call to radical discipleship)
Mark
- Mark 10:18 - "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good—except God alone." (holiness as a characteristic of God alone)
- Mark 12:33 - "To love him with all your heart and with all your understanding and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices." (holiness as a matter of the heart)
Luke
- Luke 1:49 - "His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation." (holiness as a response to God's mercy)
- Luke 6:36 - "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." (holiness as a reflection of God's character)
- Luke 11:41 - "But give what is inside the dish to those who are hungry, and do not store up what is inside the dish when no one is hungry. That way, the rest of what you have will be clean for you and not for you alone." (holiness as a matter of stewardship)
John
- John 17:11 - "Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—that they may be one as we are one." (holiness as a prayer for unity and protection)
- John 17:19 - "For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified." (holiness as a model for Jesus' disciples)
Acts
- Acts 3:26 - "When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways." (holiness as a call to repentance)
- Acts 15:10 - "Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?" (holiness as a matter of obedience to God's law)
Romans
- Romans 1:4 - "and declared him the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness, through the resurrection of the dead." (holiness as a characteristic of God's power)
- Romans 6:19 - "For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater wickedness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification." (holiness as a call to present oneself to God)
- Romans 12:1 - "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship." (holiness as a call to worship)
1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians 1:30 - "And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption." (holiness as a gift of Christ)
- 1 Corinthians 3:17 - "If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you together are that temple." (holiness as a call to care for the body of Christ)
- 1 Corinthians 6:11 - "And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." (holiness as a reality for believers)
2 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 - "Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God." (holiness as a call to purification)
- 2 Corinthians 11:2 - "I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him." (holiness as a call to purity)
Galatians
- Galatians 2:20 - "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." (holiness as a reality for believers)
- Galatians 5:22-23 - "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." (holiness as a fruit of the Spirit)
Ephesians
- Ephesians 1:4 - "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight." (holiness as a choice of God)
- Ephesians 4:24 - "And to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." (holiness as a call to put on the new self)
- Ephesians 5:25-27 - "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless." (holiness as a call to love and present oneself to God)
Philippians
- Philippians 3:12-14 - "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (holiness as a goal to strive for)
- Philippians 4:8 - "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." (holiness as a matter of thought)
Hebrews
- Hebrews 2:11 - "Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family, and they are the household of God." (holiness as a family characteristic)
- Hebrews 10:14 - "For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries." (holiness as a call to avoid sin)
- Hebrews 12:10 - "For they disciplined us for a little while as they pleased, to correct us and make us share in his holiness." (holiness as a goal of discipline)
1 Peter
- 1 Peter 1:15-16 - "But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.’" (holiness as a call to imitate God)
- 1 Peter 2:9 - "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." (holiness as a characteristic of God's people)
- 1 Peter 3:15-16 - "But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander." (holiness as a matter of conscience)
2 Peter
- 2 Peter 3:11 - "Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives." (holiness as a call to live in light of the coming judgment)
1 John
- 1 John 1:9 - "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (holiness as a call to confession and purification)
- 1 John 3:3 - "Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure." (holiness as a call to purification)
- 1 John 4:7 - "Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God." (holiness as a fruit of love)
Jude
- Jude 1:20-21 - "But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to be shown you." (holiness as a call to build oneself up in faith and prayer)
Revelation
- Revelation 15:4 - "Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed." (holiness as a characteristic of God's glory)
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and there may be other verses that relate to holiness in the New Testament.