Key Verse Spotlight
1 Thessalonians 4:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;”
1 Thessalonians 4:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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:
That no {man} go beyond and defraud his brother in {any} matter: because that the Lord {is} the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. {defraud: or, oppress, or, overreach} {in...: or, in the matter}
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