1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you should abstain from sexual immorality,
Revised King James New Testament
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 commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
4That every one of you should know how to possess his own vessel in holiness and honour;
Cross References
Matthew 12:50For whoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Mark 3:35For whoever shall do the will of God is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
John 7:17If any man is willing to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.
Acts 15:20But that we write to them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from sexual immorality, and from things 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 →