1 Thessalonians 4:3
King James Version (KJV)
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
In context
1 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.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
1 Thessalonians 4:3 in every translation
- 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,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must 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.