1 Thessalonians 4:3
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
In context
1 Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
2 For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
4 each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
1 Thessalonians 4:3 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
- KJV King James Version
- For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
- WEB World English Bible
- For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
- ASV American Standard Version
- For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for this is the will of God — your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,
- DBY Darby Translation
- For this is [the] will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
- WBS Webster Bible
- For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from lewdness.