Purity means being made and kept whole, consecrated, set apart through the spiritual work of the word of God and the Holy Spirit. As you give your life to Christ the invisible power of the Holy Spirit enters you and sanctifies you. Your heart is circumcised and you are able to identify and hates in like never before. You feel different. You know God now owns you. So, sin is no longer your natural default. Christ offers you the benefit of being made whole, sanctified, and cleansed up by the power of Christ.
Note that unless your heart is sanctified you cannot be free from sin. No other legalism can free you from sin. Meanwhile as long as you are not sanctified you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. Having achieved this purpose, He is able to live in human beings and teach us to live holy lives. He can empower us with grace and ability to be holy. Furthermore, Christ’s death qualifies you to possess His holiness as your own. The search for the Bible verses can be realized under heart purity, body purity, marriage/ relationship purity, eye/sight purity and character purity. Also, I think you can still learn from this video on purity.
Heart purity
Everything comes from our hearts, whether good or bad. Before things are put into actions, we should have thought of them before implementation. That is why our hearts need to be purified. How we behave, talk and react depend on how our heart is. As believers and Christians, we should let our hearts be cleansed and purified. These are Bible verses that talk about heart purity and holy life below.
Read 2 Timothy 2:22: “Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
Read James 4:8: “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.”
Read 1 Peter 1:22: “Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.”
Read Proverbs 22:11: “One who loves with a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.”
Read Proverbs 4:23: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Read Psalm 73:1: “Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.”
Read Romans 12:2: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Read 1 Thessalonians 4:7: “For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.”
Read Romans 8:7: “The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.”
Read Philippians 4:7: “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Read Hebrews 13:18: “Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.”
Read Hebrews 9:14: “How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!”
Read Psalm 51:10: “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Read Matthew 5:8: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
Read Colossians 3:2-3: “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”
Read Proverbs 22:11: “One who loves with a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.”
Read Proverbs 4:2: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Read Psalm 73:1: “Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.”
Read Philippians 4:7: “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Read Proverbs 27:19: “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.”
Read Proverbs 20:9: “Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin”?”
Body purity
Apart from our heart purity, God is expecting from us to purify our body too. We should use our body to glorify God. The following Bible verses talk about the ways our body can be kept holy and purified.
Read Ezekiel 36:25: “I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.”
Read 1 Corinthians 6:13: “You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.”
Read Titus 2:4-5: “Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.”
Read Proverbs 15:26: “The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure in his sight.”
Sexual and relationship purity
Marriage and relationship purity and holy life are very important in the eyes of God. This is because God ins interested in relationship, marriage and family. The following Bible verses explain marriage and relationship purity and holiness.
Read 1 Corinthians 7:1: “Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Eye and sight purity
Our eyes and sight are powerful forms of contacts. The way we use our eyes determine how we may behave at times. As Christians, our eyes need purity so that they will not be used as Satanic weapons. The following Bible verses explain eye and sight purity and holiness.
Read Psalm 119:37: “Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.”
Read 2 Corinthians 5:7: “For we live by faith, not by sight.”
Read Job 31:1: “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.”
Read 1 Corinthians 3:16: “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?”
Read Habakkuk 1:13: “Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”
Read Proverbs 30:12: “Those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth.”
Character purity
Many people do not know that our character needs purity and pureness if we should be admired by God. Bad and wicked character and attitude cannot satisfy God. The following Bible verses talk about character purity and pureness.
Read Hebrews 7:26: “Such a high priest truly meets our need–one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.”
Read 1 Peter 1:16: “For it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
Read 1 John 3:3: “All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.”
Read Psalm 19:9: “The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the LORD are firm, and all of them are righteous.”
Read Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
Read Psalm 18:26: “To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.”
Read 1 Timothy 4:12: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.”
Read 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.”
Read John 8:34: Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.”
Read James 1:27: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
Read Romans 8:7: “The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.”
Read 2 Corinthians 6:6: “In purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love.”
Read 2 Timothy 2:21: “Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.”
Read Romans 12:2: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Read 1 Thessalonians 4:7: “For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.”
Read 2 Corinthians 6:6: “In purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love.”
Read Habakkuk 1:13: “Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”
Read 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.”
Read Job 14:4:m: “Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!”
Read Peter 3:1: “So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.”
Read James 3:17: “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”
Read Philippians 1:9-10: “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.”
Read Psalm 18:26: “To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.”
Psalm 24: “Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? the one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.”
Read Leviticus 18:30: “Keep your requirements and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.”
Read John 15:3: “You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.”
