1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, for you to abstain from fornication,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
In Context
2For ye know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
4for each of you to know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and reverence,
Cross References
Leviticus 15:18The woman also with whom a man shall lay with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Psalms 143:10Teach me to do thy will, for thou are my God. Thy Spirit is good, lead me in the land of uprightness.
Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of my Father in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Mark 3:35For whoever may do the will of God, the same is my brother and sister and mother.
John 7:17If any man wants to do his will, he will know about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or I speak from myself.
Acts 15:20but to write to them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:2-9
Exhortations to Holiness; Caution against Impurity. ( a. d. 51.) 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust… Read the whole commentary →