1 Thessalonians 4:2-4

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²For you know what charges and precepts we gave you [^[a]on the authority and by the inspiration of] the Lord Jesus.

³For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice,

⁴That each one of you should know how to ^[b]possess (control, manage) his own ^[c]body in consecration (purity, separated from things profane) and honor,

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Footnotes

1 Thessalonians 4:2 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
1 Thessalonians 4:4 The American Standard Version and others so read.
1 Thessalonians 4:4 Some of the early versions of the Bible read “vessel” here. The reading “body” is supported by most lexicons, and by such translations as Ronald Knox, The Holy Bible: A Translation from the Latin Vulgate; J.B. Phillips, New Testament in Modern English; and Arthur S. Way, Way’s Epistles: The Letters of St. Paul to Seven Churches and Three Friends.