1 Thessalonians 4:2-4

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Footnotes

1. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or, sanctification.
2. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or, keeping away, avoiding, holding back.
3. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or, get, obtain, procure, gain.
4. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 That is, his own body. In this case, Paul is referring to self-mastery with regard to sexual desires, and ‘each of you’ means ‘all of you’ all the time. Or, ‘acquire his own vessel’; that is, his own wife. In this case Paul is referring to premarital purity, and ‘each of you’ means ‘the unmarried’.