1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is [the] will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
Darby Translation
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 charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
4that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,
Cross References
Leviticus 15:18And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
Psalms 143:10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: let thy good Spirit lead me in a plain country.
Matthew 12:50for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in [the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Mark 3:35for whosoever shall do the will of God, *he* is my brother, and sister, and mother.
John 7:17If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or [that] I speak from myself.
Acts 15:20but to write to them to abstain from 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 →