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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
Contemporary English Version
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 God wants you to be holy, so don't be immoral in matters of sex. 4 Respect and honor your wife.[a] 5 Don't be a slave of your desires or live like people who don't know God.
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- 4.4 your wife: Or “your body.”
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
New International Version
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
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