1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you keep yourselves from lewdness;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
In Context
2For you know what commandments we gave you by our Lord Jesus.
4That each one of you know how to keep his vessel in sanctification and in honor,
Cross References
Matthew 12:50For whoever will do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Mark 3:35for whoever will do the will of God, is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
John 7:17If any one will do his will, he shall know with respect to the teaching, whether it is of God, or I speak of myself.
Acts 15:20but that we write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from lewdness, 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 →