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He wants each one of you to learn how to take a wife[a] in a way that is holy and honorable. Don’t give in to lust like people who do not know God. So do not wrong your brother or cheat him in this way. The Lord will punish people who do those things. We have already told you and warned you about that.

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  1. 4:4 learn . . . wife This might also mean “learn to control your own body.”

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.