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For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification:[a] that you abstain from immorality;[b] that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

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  1. 4.3 sanctification: With special reference to the practice of purity, specially difficult to those newly converted from paganism.
  2. 4.3 immorality: i.e., sexual immorality.

For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

It is God’s will(A) that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;(B) 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. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife