1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the pleasure of God, your sanctification; and that ye be separated from all whoredom;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
In Context
2For ye know what command we gave you in our Lord Jesus the Messiah.
4and that each one of you might know how to possess his vessel, in sanctity and in honor;
Cross References
Matthew 12:50For every one that doeth the good pleasure of my Father who is in heaven, that person is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
Mark 3:35For whoever shall do the pleasure of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
John 7:17He that wisheth to do his pleasure, will understand my doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from my own pleasure.
Acts 15:20But let word be sent to them, that they keep aloof from the defilement of a sacrifice to idols, and from whoredom, and 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 →