1 Thessalonians 4:7 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

1 Thessalonians 4:7

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;

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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1 Thessalonians 4:7

Not for uncleanness, but in sanctification (epi akaqarsiai all en agiasmw). Sharp contrast made still sharper by the two prepositions epi (on the basis of) and en (in the sphere of). God has "called" us all for a decent sex life consonant with his aims and purposes. It was necessary for Paul to place this lofty ideal before the Thessalonian Christians living in a pagan world. It is equally important now.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Thessalonians 4:7:

1 Corinthians 1:30
Galatians 5:13
Hebrews 12:14
1 Peter 1:2

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