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1 Thessalonians 4:2-4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 Thessalonians 4:2-4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 For you know what charges and precepts we gave you [[a]on the authority and by the inspiration of] the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice,
4 That each one of you should know how to [b]possess (control, manage) his own [c]body in consecration (purity, separated from things profane) and honor,
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:2 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 The American Standard Version and others so read.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Some of the early versions of the Bible read “vessel” here. The reading “body” is supported by most lexicons, and by such translations as Ronald Knox, The Holy Bible: A Translation from the Latin Vulgate; J.B. Phillips, New Testament in Modern English; and Arthur S. Way, Way’s Epistles: The Letters of St. Paul to Seven Churches and Three Friends.
1 Thessalonians 4:2-4
New International Version
1 Thessalonians 4:2-4
New International Version
2 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 It is God’s will(A) that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;(B) 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body[a](C) in a way that is holy and honorable,
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
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