The worldly mind may reason that any thought that is not considered sexually immoral is pure, but the child of God has higher standards. If one belongs to Christ, he should recognize that any thought that advocates selfishness, pride, envy, jealousy, or malice is impure, and thus should not be entertained. Purity of thought is about repelling any thought that is not pure is God's eyes, but it is also about thinking on the pure things that God has revealed, both in the Bible and in creation around us.
The Greek word translated as "lovely" appears to refer to that which is worthy of affection, as something to be prized. That which is prized of the new creature should be not what the world might seek, but rather the things of God. Of course, throughout each day, we have many things to do, and we should set our minds upon the tasks we need to do, but in all we do, our thoughts should subjected to our goal of pleasing our Heavenly Father. There are many influences that may surround us that may seek to turn our attention away from our main goal in life, and thus, we need to guard our thoughts from becoming infested with anything that is not in harmony with pleasing our Heavenly Father and His Son.
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