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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
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3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you (A)abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that (B)each of you know how to [a]possess his own [b](C)vessel in sanctification and (D)honor, 5 not in [c](E)lustful passion, like the Gentiles who (F)do not know God;

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or acquire
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 I.e., body; or wife
  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Lit passion of lust
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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
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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, 5 not in passionate lust(D) like the pagans,(E) who do not know God;(F)

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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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1 Thessalonians 4:7-8
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7 For (A)God has not called us for [a](B)impurity, but in sanctification. 8 Therefore, the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but the God who (C)gives His Holy Spirit to you.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 I.e., moral corruption
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1 Thessalonians 4:7-8
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7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.(A) 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.(B)

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