1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
American Standard 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 charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
4that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
Cross References
Leviticus 15:18The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
Psalms 143:10Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Matthew 12:50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Mark 3:35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
John 7:17If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
Acts 15:20but that we write unto them, that they 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 →