1 Thessalonians 4:3
for this is the will of God—your sanctification: that you abstain from the whoredom,
Literal 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 you have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus;
4that each of you know to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
Cross References
Leviticus 15:18And a woman with whom a man lies with seed [from] intercourse, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean until the evening.
Psalms 143:10Teach me to do Your good pleasure, || For You [are] my God—Your Spirit [is] good, || Lead me into a land of uprightness.
Matthew 12:50For whoever may do the will of My Father who is in the heavens, He is My brother, and sister, and mother.”
Mark 3:35For whoever may do the will of God, he is My brother, and My sister, and mother.”
John 7:17if anyone may will to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or—[if] I speak from Myself.
Acts 15:20but to write to them to abstain from the defilements of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing, and the 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 →