1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

Expanded Bible

³ ·God wants you to be holy and [or For this is God’s will, your sanctification:] to stay away from sexual sins. ⁴ He wants each of you to ·learn to control your own body [or take a wife for yourself; or live with your own wife; ^Lgain/possess his own vessel] in a way that is holy and honorable. ⁵ ·Don’t use your body for sexual sin [^L…not in lustful passion] like the ·people [^LGentiles] who do not know God. ⁶ Also, do not ·wrong [exploit; transgress] or ·cheat [take advantage of] another ·Christian [^Lbrother (or sister)] in this way. The Lord ·will punish people who do those [^Lis the avenger concerning these] things as we have already told you and ·warned [solemnly testified to] you. ⁷ [^LFor] God did not call us to ·a life of sin [^Limpurity], but to holiness. ⁸ ·So [Therefore] the person who ·refuses to obey [disregards; rejects; despises] this teaching is not simply ·disobeying [disregarding; rejecting; despising] ·a human being [human authority], but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.