Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
know—by moral self-control.
how to possess his vessel—rather as Greek, "how to acquire (get for himself) his own vessel," that is, that each should have his own wife so as to avoid fornication (I Thessalonians 4:3; I Corinthians 7:2). The emphatical position of "his own" in the Greek, and the use of "vessel" for wife, in I Peter 3:7, and in common Jewish phraseology, and the correct translation "acquire," all justify this rendering.
in sanctification— (Romans 6:19; I Corinthians 6:15, I Corinthians 6:18). Thus, "his own" stands in opposition to dishonoring his brother by lusting after his wife (I Thessalonians 4:6).
honour— (Hebrews 13:4) contrasted with "dishonor their own bodies" (Romans 1:24).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Thessalonians 4:4:
Leviticus 15:31-33
Malachi 2:10-16
Colossians 2:23
1 Thessalonians 3:10
1 Thessalonians 4:6
1 Peter 3:7
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