What is the wisdom from above?
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. 1 Peter 1:22. Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
How to come close to God?
Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people]. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
What does the Bible say about purifying your hearts?
Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Weymouth New Testament. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God.
What does the Bible say about drawing nigh to God?
. --God waiteth to be gracious ( Isaiah 30:18 ). Like the father of the prodigal son (Luke 15), He beholds us while we are "yet a great way off," and runs, as it were, to hasten our return. He has "no pleasure in the death of him that dieth" ( Ezekiel 18:32 ). But who shall come "into the tabernacle of God, or rest upon His holy hill" ( Psalm 15:1 ), except the man "of uncorrupt life"? Surely, the penitent as well; the murderous hands "which all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten," the hearts polluted with the most abominable lusts, may and must be cleansed; sinners and double-minded (refer to James 1:8) though they be, and both in one, the Lord of mercy will "draw nigh" to them, if they to Him: all their "transgressions shall not be mentioned," they "shall live and not die" ( Ezekiel 18:21-22 ).