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1 Thessalonians 4:2-4
International Children’s Bible
1 Thessalonians 4:2-4
International Children’s Bible
2 You know what we told you to do by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3 God wants you to be holy and to stay away from sexual immorality. 4 He wants each one of you to learn how to take a wife[a] in a way that is holy and honorable.
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- 4:4 learn . . . wife This might also mean “learn to control your own body.”
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,
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
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