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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
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3 For this is (A)the will of God, (B)your sanctification: (C)that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4 (D)that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 (E)not in passion of lust, (F)like the Gentiles (G)who do not know God;

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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
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3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you (A)abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that (B)each of you know how to [a]possess his own [b](C)vessel in sanctification and (D)honor, 5 not in [c](E)lustful passion, like the Gentiles who (F)do not know God;

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or acquire
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 I.e., body; or wife
  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Lit passion of lust
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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
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3 It is God’s will(A) that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;(B) 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body[a](C) in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust(D) like the pagans,(E) who do not know God;(F)

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
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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 of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

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1 Thessalonians 4:7
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7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, (A)but in holiness.

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1 Thessalonians 4:7
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7 For (A)God has not called us for [a](B)impurity, but in sanctification.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 I.e., moral corruption
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1 Thessalonians 4:7
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7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.(A)

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1 Thessalonians 4:7
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7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

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