1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of Aloha, your sanctification; and that you be distant from all fornication;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 those precepts we gave to you in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
4and that every man of you know to possess his vessel in sanctification and in honour,
Cross References
Matthew 12:50For every one who doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
Mark 3:35for whosoever shall do the will of Aloha, he is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
John 7:17Whosoever willeth to do his will understandeth my doctrine, if it be from Aloha, or (if) from the will of myself I speak.
Acts 15:20but that we send to them, that they shall separate from the uncleanness of (idol) sacrifice, and from fornication, and from the 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 →