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


In Context

1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more.

2 For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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

4 that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honour,

5 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles which 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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: