but, according as He Who calls you is holy, you also become holy in all behavior,
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy
in all manner of conversation;
[G391] anastrophe=interaction with others, conversation, behavior, conduct.
Ephesians 4:
22 That ye put off
concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the
deceitful desires;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man,
which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore
putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil.
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needs.
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
30 And
grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and
evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Personal holiness is made most evident by the
words that precede from the mouth.
Matthew 12:
33 Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
Romans 6:
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God,
ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
He's getting it from the Torah. YHWH himself told us this.
Of course it is in the Torah. The question is now
"is it in your heart, and on your lips".
Only by abiding in the Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:
3 For this is the will of God,
your sanctification:
that you should abstain from sexual immorality;
4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
5 not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;
6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord
is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.
7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.
8 Therefore he who rejects
this does not reject man, but
God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.
Holiness and Righteousness by abiding in
the promised Holy Spirit
John 15:
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
James 3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness
is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever.
Holiness and Righteousness are "known associates".
Luke 1:
74 To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before Him
all the days of our life.
