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1 Thessalonians 4:3
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3 God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.

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Listen to 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Peter 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Romans 12:2, Hebrews 13:4, Ephesians 5:17, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:4, Ephesians 5:3-5, Galatians 5:19, 1 John 2:17, Revelation 21:8, 2 Thessalonians 2:13
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1 Thessalonians 4:3
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3 It is God’s will(A) that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;(B)

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1 Peter 4:2
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2 You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.

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1 Peter 4:2
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2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,(A) but rather for the will of God.

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1 Thessalonians 5:23
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Paul’s Final Greetings

23 Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

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1 Thessalonians 5:23
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23 May God himself, the God of peace,(A) sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul(B) and body be kept blameless(C) at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.(D)

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Romans 12:2
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2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

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Romans 12:2
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2 Do not conform(A) to the pattern of this world,(B) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.(C) Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is(D)—his good, pleasing(E) and perfect will.

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Hebrews 13:4
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4 Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

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Hebrews 13:4
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4 Marriage should be honored by all,(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(B)

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Ephesians 5:17
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17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.

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Ephesians 5:17
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17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.(A)

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Colossians 3:5
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5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

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Colossians 3:5
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5 Put to death,(A) therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature:(B) sexual immorality,(C) impurity, lust, evil desires and greed,(D) which is idolatry.(E)

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1 Thessalonians 4:4
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4 Then each of you will control his own body[a] and live in holiness and honor—

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  1. 4:4 Or will know how to take a wife for himself; or will learn to live with his own wife; Greek reads will know how to possess his own vessel.
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1 Thessalonians 4:4
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4 that each of you should learn to control your own body[a](A) in a way that is holy and honorable,

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
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Ephesians 5:3-5
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3 Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people. 4 Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God. 5 You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

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Ephesians 5:3-5
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3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,(A) or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,(B) because these are improper for God’s holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk(C) or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.(D) 5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater(E)—has any inheritance(F) in the kingdom of Christ and of God.[a](G)

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  1. Ephesians 5:5 Or kingdom of the Messiah and God
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Galatians 5:19
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19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,

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Galatians 5:19
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19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,(A) impurity and debauchery;

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1 John 2:17
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17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

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1 John 2:17
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17 The world and its desires pass away,(A) but whoever does the will of God(B) lives forever.

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Revelation 21:8
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8 “But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

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Revelation 21:8
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8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars(A)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.(B) This is the second death.”(C)

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2 Thessalonians 2:13
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Believers Should Stand Firm

13 As for us, we can’t help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first[a] to experience salvation—a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth.

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  1. 2:13 Some manuscripts read chose you from the very beginning.
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2 Thessalonians 2:13
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Stand Firm

13 But we ought always to thank God for you,(A) brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits[a](B) to be saved(C) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit(D) and through belief in the truth.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you
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