1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you abstain from fornication;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 promises we gave unto you through our Lord Jesus.
4that each one of you know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,
Cross References
Matthew 12:50For whosoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
Mark 3:35For whosoever may do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
John 7:17if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or I speak for myself.
Acts 15:20but to command them to abstain from things offered to idols, and from fornication, and from strangulation, 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 →