3For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication;


In Context

1 For the rest therefore, brethren, we pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us, how you ought to walk, and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more.

2 For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you 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 passion of lust, like the Gentiles that know not God:

1 Thessalonians 4:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:3It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from lewdness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3for this is the will of God — your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication: