1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from fornication,
Catholic Public Domain 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 you know what precepts I have given to you through the Lord Jesus.
4that each one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,
Cross References
Leviticus 15:18The woman with whom he has had sexual intercourse shall be washed with water, and she shall be unclean until evening.
Psalms 143:10He gives salvation to kings. He has redeemed your servant David from the malignant sword.
Matthew 12:50For anyone who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Mark 3:35For whoever has done the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister and mother.”
John 7:17If anyone has chosen to do his will, then he will realize, about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking from myself.
Acts 15:20but instead that we write to them, that they should keep themselves from the defilement of idols, and from fornication, and from whatever has been suffocated, 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 →