Following the holy spirit: Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit

There are sins that contaminate the body and sins that contaminate the soul. If we want to receive eternal life and the promises of the beatitudes taught in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3-12 and Luke 6:20-23), we must purify ourselves in every sense and this implies, first of all, to avoid impure thoughts: "In conclusion, my friends, fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise." Philippians 4:8.
That is why the apostle Paul expresses us: "Therefore, 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." 2 Corinthians 7:1.
Sin contaminates us because it is not beautiful or pleasant, that is why when we sin, the sin is hidden. The sin is the omission of the good: "If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them", James 4:17.

When we avoid the sins that pollute the body like lust: "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body", 1 Corinthians 6:18. And the sins that pollute the spirit and the soul like greed: "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor", Exodus 20:17.
Then so holiness, the perfect likeness to God (Galatians 5:21-23), can be bear fruit through the fear of God (constancy, firmness, devotion, equanimity, stability): "Be holy, because I am holy" 1 Peter 1:16.
Sin is intrinsically involutionary, retarding, and destructive. We cannot grow as persons if we practice error. Those who sin live with their backs to God.
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