1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 For this is God’s will,(A) your sanctification:(B) that you abstain(C) from sexual immorality, 4 so that each of you knows how to control his own body[a] in sanctification and honor, 5 not with lustful desires,(D) like the Gentiles who don’t know God.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or to acquire his own wife; lit to possess his own vessel
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)
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
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