Footnotes

1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or, get, obtain, procure, gain.
2. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 That is, his own body. In this case, Paul is referring to self-mastery with regard to sexual desires, and ‘each of you’ means ‘all of you’ all the time. Or, ‘acquire his own vessel’; that is, his own wife. In this case Paul is referring to premarital purity, and ‘each of you’ means ‘the unmarried’.
3. 1 Thessalonians 4:5 That is, proceeding from; or, belonging to (lustful passion).
4. 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Or, lust.
5. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 There is a grammatical change here from the previous two ‘that’ statements. Paul may be restating the previous two points from a different perspective. Or, this may indicate he is changing to a new subject, business relations.
6. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Or, transgress.
7. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Or, take advantage of, cheat, defraud.
8. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 That is, fellow-believer, whether male or female.
9. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 That is, this matter of sexual relations; or, the matter of business.