that each of you knows how to control his own body[a] in holiness and honor, not with lustful passions,(A) like the Gentiles, who don’t know God. This means one must not transgress against and take advantage(B) of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you.

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  1. 4:4 Or to acquire his own wife; lit to possess his own vessel

that each of you should learn to control your own body[a](A) in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust(B) like the pagans,(C) who do not know God;(D) and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.[b](E) The Lord will punish(F) all those who commit such sins,(G) as we told you and warned you before.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.