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For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you (A)abstain from [a]sexual immorality; that (B)each of you know how to [b]possess his own [c](C)vessel in sanctification and (D)honor, not in [d](E)lustful passion, like the Gentiles who (F)do not know God; and that no man transgress and (G)defraud his brother (H)in the matter because (I)the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also (J)told you before and solemnly warned you. For (K)God did not call us to (L)impurity, but [e]in sanctification. Consequently, he who sets this aside is not setting aside man but the God who (M)gives His Holy Spirit to you.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or fornication
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or acquire
  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Body, wife
  4. 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Lit passion of lust
  5. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 In the state or sphere of

For it is God’s will that you be sanctified: You must abstain from sexual immorality. Each of you must know how to control his own body[a] in a holy and honorable manner, not with passion and lust like the gentiles who do not know God. Furthermore, you must never take advantage of or exploit a brother in this regard, because the Lord avenges all these things, just as we already told you and warned you. For God did not call us to be impure, but to be holy. Therefore, whoever rejects this instruction[b] is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Lit. vessel
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:8 The Gk. lacks instruction