Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; New Living Translation God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. English Standard Version For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; Berean Standard Bible For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; Berean Literal Bible For this is the will of God, your sanctification: You are to abstain from sexual immorality; King James Bible For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: New King James Version For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; New American Standard Bible For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; NASB 1995 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; NASB 1977 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; Legacy Standard Bible For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; Amplified Bible For this is the will of God, that you be sanctified [separated and set apart from sin]: that you abstain and back away from sexual immorality; Christian Standard Bible For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality, Holman Christian Standard Bible For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality, American Standard Version For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; Contemporary English Version God wants you to be holy, so don't be immoral in matters of sex. English Revised Version For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; GOD'S WORD® Translation It is God's will that you keep away from sexual sin as a mark of your devotion to him. Good News Translation God wants you to be holy and completely free from sexual immorality. International Standard Version For it is God's will that you be sanctified: You must abstain from sexual immorality. Majority Standard Bible For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; NET Bible For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality, New Heart English Bible For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, Webster's Bible Translation For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from lewdness. Weymouth New Testament For this is God's will--your purity of life, that you abstain from fornication; World English Bible For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfor this is the will of God—your sanctification: that you abstain from the whoredom, Berean Literal Bible For this is the will of God, your sanctification: You are to abstain from sexual immorality; Young's Literal Translation for this is the will of God -- your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, Smith's Literal Translation For this is the will of God, your consecration, that ye should keep away from fornication: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication; Catholic Public Domain Version For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from fornication, New American Bible This is the will of God, your holiness: that you refrain from immorality, New Revised Standard Version For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from fornication; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication: Aramaic Bible in Plain English For this is the will of God: your holiness, and that you be separate from all fornication, NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you keep yourselves from lewdness; Godbey New Testament For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you abstain from fornication; Haweis New Testament For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from whoredom; Mace New Testament and such is the will of God, that you should be holy, and avoid licentiousness; Weymouth New Testament For this is God's will--your purity of life, that you abstain from fornication; Worrell New Testament For this is the will of God—even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; Worsley New Testament For this is the will of God, even your sanctification: that ye should abstain from fornication, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Living to Please God…2For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; 4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,… Cross References 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. / Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. Ephesians 5:3-5 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. / Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving. / For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Colossians 3:5 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. 1 Peter 1:14-16 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. / But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” Romans 12:1-2 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. / Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. Galatians 5:19-21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. 2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 1 John 3:3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure. Matthew 5:27-28 You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ / But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Romans 6:19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. 1 Corinthians 7:2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul. Leviticus 20:7-8 Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. / And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Treasury of Scripture For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication: this. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Psalm 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. your. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. John 17:17-19 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth… that. Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: Acts 15:20,29 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood… Romans 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Jump to Previous Abstain Avoid Desires Flesh Fornication God's Holy Immorality Lewdness Purity Purpose Sanctification Sanctified Sexual Unchastity Whoredom YourselvesJump to Next Abstain Avoid Desires Flesh Fornication God's Holy Immorality Lewdness Purity Purpose Sanctification Sanctified Sexual Unchastity Whoredom Yourselves1 Thessalonians 4 1. He exhorts them to go forward in all manner of godliness;6. to live holily and justly; 9. to love one another; 11. and quietly to follow their own business; 13. and last of all, to sorrow moderately for the dead. 17. followed by a brief description of the resurrection, and second coming of Christ to judgment. For it is God’s will The phrase emphasizes the divine authority and purpose behind the instruction. In Greek, "thelema" (θέλημα) is used for "will," indicating a deliberate and purposeful desire. This underscores that the guidance provided is not merely a suggestion but a directive from God Himself. Historically, understanding God's will has been central to Christian life, reflecting a commitment to align one's actions with divine intentions. that you should be sanctified You should avoid sexual immorality Your sanctification.--In apposition to the word this. The mere conversion, justification, salvation of us are not the aim of God: He would have us holy. The general idea of sanctification passes however here, as the following clauses show, into the more limited sense of purification. Fornication.--The word is often used in late Greek for any kind of impurity, as, e.g., 1Corinthians 5:1, of incest; but here it must be understood in its strict sense. To the Gentile mind, while the wickedness of adultery or incest was fully recognised, it was a novelty to be told that fornication was a "deadly sin;" hence the strange connection in which it stands in the Synodal letter to the Gentile churches (Acts 15:20; Acts 15:29; Acts 21:25). This consideration also makes it easier to understand how St. Paul can praise these Gentile Thessalonians so heartily, although they need earnest correction on this vital point. It is a true instance of the sacerdotal metriopathy (or, compassionate consideration) towards the ignorant and deceived. (See Hebrews 5:1-2.) . . . Verse 3. - For this is the will of God. The phrase, "the will of God," has two significations in Scripture: the one is the determination of God - his decree; the other is his desire, that in which he delights - a will, however, which may be frustrated by the perversity of his creatures. It is in this latter sense that the word is here employed. Even your sanctification; complete consecration; holiness taken in its most general so. use. Our holiness is the great design of Christ's death, and is the revealed will of God. Some (Olshausen, Lunemann) restrict the term to moral purity, and consider the next clause as its explanation (comp. Romans 12:1). That ye should abstain from fornication; a vice fearfully prevalent among the heathen, and which, indeed, they hardly regarded as wrong. Especially it was the great sin of Corinth, from which the apostle wrote, the patron goddess of which city was Venus.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγάρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. it is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. God’s Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. will θέλημα (thelēma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 2307: An act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires. From the prolonged form of ethelo; a determination, i.e. choice or inclination. that Τοῦτο (Touto) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. you ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. should be holy: ἁγιασμὸς (hagiasmos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 38: From hagiazo; properly, purification, i.e. purity; concretely a purifier. You ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. must abstain ἀπέχεσθαι (apechesthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle Strong's 568: To have in full, be far, it is enough. From apo and echo; to have out, i.e. Receive in full; to keep away, i.e. Be distant. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. sexual immorality; πορνείας (porneias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 4202: Fornication, whoredom; met: idolatry. From porneuo; harlotry; figuratively, idolatry. 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