Key Verse Spotlight
1 Thessalonians 4:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“For this is the will of God, {even} your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:”
1 Thessalonians 4:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort {you} by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, {so} ye would abound more and more. {beseech: or, request} {exhort: or, beseech}
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
For this is the will of God, {even} your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
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