requital for wrong will not be exacted until the last day. It is likely that Paul is glancing at the great Assize. 7 A second reason31 for purity is the whole character of the Christian life. In verse 4 Paul has spoken of “sanctification and honor,” and it is this sort of thing that he has in mind now. Indeed, he uses the same term “sanctification,” and adds to it the thought of the divine call, a call that involves the rejection of “uncleanness” (NIV, “to be impure”). This last word can theoretically