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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
3 For this is the will of God: your holiness[a]— that you be abstaining[b] from sexual-immorality; 4 that each of you know-how to acquire[c] control of his own vessel[d] in holiness and honor, 5 not in the passion of [e] desire[f] as indeed the Gentiles not knowing God;
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or, sanctification.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or, keeping away, avoiding, holding back.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or, get, obtain, procure, gain.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 That is, his own body. In this case, Paul is referring to self-mastery with regard to sexual desires, and ‘each of you’ means ‘all of you’ all the time. Or, ‘acquire his own vessel’; that is, his own wife. In this case Paul is referring to premarital purity, and ‘each of you’ means ‘the unmarried’.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5 That is, proceeding from; or, belonging to (lustful passion).
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Or, lust.
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Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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