New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Thessalonians 4:3-7

3For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you 1abstain from 2sexual immorality;

4that 3each of you know how to 4possess his own 5 6vessel in sanctification and 7honor,

5not in 8 9lustful passion, like the Gentiles who 10do not know God;

6and that no man transgress and 11defraud his brother 12in the matter because 13the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also 14told you before and solemnly warned you.

7For 15God has not called us for 16the purpose of impurity, but 17in sanctification.

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Notes

1. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 1 Cor 6:18 ↩
2. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or fornication ↩
3. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 1 Cor 7:2, 9 ↩
4. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or acquire ↩
5. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 I.e. body; or wife ↩
6. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 2 Cor 4:7; 1 Pet 3:7 ↩
7. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Rom 1:24 ↩
8. 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Lit passion of lust ↩
9. 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Rom 1:26 ↩
10. 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Gal 4:8 ↩
11. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 1 Cor 6:8 ↩
12. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 2 Cor 7:11 ↩
13. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Rom 12:19; 13:4; Heb 13:4 ↩
14. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Luke 16:28; 1 Thess 2:11; Heb 2:6 ↩
15. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 1 Pet 1:15 ↩
16. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 1 Thess 2:3 ↩
17. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 I.e. in the state or sphere of ↩

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