1 Thessalonians 4:3-8
New American Standard Bible
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; 6 and that no one violate the rights and (G)take advantage of his brother or sister (H)in the matter, because (I)the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also (J)told you previously and solemnly warned you. 7 For (K)God has not called us for [d](L)impurity, but in sanctification. 8 Therefore, the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but the God who (M)gives His Holy Spirit to you.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or acquire
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 I.e., body; or wife
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Lit passion of lust
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7 I.e., moral corruption
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
3 For this is the will of God: your holiness[a]— that you be abstaining[b] from sexual-immorality; 4 that each of you know-how to acquire[c] control of his own vessel[d] in holiness and honor, 5 not in the passion of [e] desire[f] as indeed the Gentiles not knowing God; 6 that[g] no one overstep[h] and exploit[i] his brother[j] in the matter[k]. Because the Lord is the avenger concerning all these things, just as we also told you before and solemnly-warned. 7 For God did not call us for[l] impurity, but in[m] holiness. 8 So-therefore[n] the one rejecting is not rejecting a human, but God, the One also giving His Holy Spirit to you.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or, sanctification.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or, keeping away, avoiding, holding back.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or, get, obtain, procure, gain.
- 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’.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5 That is, proceeding from; or, belonging to (lustful passion).
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Or, lust.
- 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.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Or, transgress.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Or, take advantage of, cheat, defraud.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 That is, fellow-believer, whether male or female.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 That is, this matter of sexual relations; or, the matter of business.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7 That is, for the purpose of.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7 That is, in connection with, in the sphere of.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8 Or, Therefore-for-that-very-reason.
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