1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
World Messianic Bible
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 instructions we gave you through the Lord Yeshua.
4that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,
Cross References
Leviticus 15:18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Psalms 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Mark 3:35For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”
John 7:17If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.
Acts 15:20but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, 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 →