2 for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is athe will of God, byour sanctification: cthat you should abstain from sexual immorality;
4 athat each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
5 anot in passion of lust, blike the Gentiles cwho do not know God;
6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord ais the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.
7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, abut in holiness.
8 aTherefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, bwho has also given us His Holy Spirit.
A Brotherly and Orderly Life
9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for ayou yourselves are taught by God bto love one another;
10 and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, athat you increase more and more;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Topical Studies for 1 Thessalonians 4:4:
Sanctification {Forerunner Commentary}
Sanctification {Nave's Topical Bible}
Sanctification {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Know {Forerunner Commentary}
Honor {Forerunner Commentary}
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