of impurity for sexual misbehavior. As we have noted above, Paul regularly links the language of sexual impurity with references to lust (epithumia) and licentiousness, or lack of self-restraint (aselgeia). Despite the fact that the New Testament sets aside much of the purity legislation of the Old Testament, it continues to call for inner purity of heart, mind, and will, and to reject excessive desire and the absence of restraint as “impurity,” particularly in sexual matters. Second, we see in the