1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is God’s purpose – that you should be pure; abstaining from all immorality;
Open English Bible (US)
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 not forgotten the directions that we gave you on the authority of our Lord Jesus.
4each of you learning to gain control over your own body, in a way that is holy and honorable,
Cross References
Psalms 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you yourself are my God. Guide me by your good spirit, O Lord, on a way that is smooth.
Matthew 12:50For anyone who does the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Mark 3:35Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
John 7:17If anyone has the will to do God’s will, they will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.
Acts 15:20but we should write to them to abstain from food that has been polluted by being sacrificed to idols, from impurity, from eating the flesh of strangled animals, 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 →