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1 Thessalonians 4:1-3 KJV
1 Thessalonians · chapter 4 · verses 1–3 · King James Version
1Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:1 Thessalonians 4:1-3 · King James Version
1 Thessalonians 4:1-3 in context
1Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
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Cross references
- Colossians 1:10
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3
- 2 Peter 3:18
- Hebrews 13:16
- 1 Peter 4:2
- Romans 12:2
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23
- Hebrews 13:4
- Ephesians 5:17
- Colossians 3:5
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4
- Ephesians 5:3-5
Key words (Strong's)
- sanctificationhagiasmosconsecration, purification, the effect of consecration, sanctification of heart and lifeG38 →
- commandmentsparangeliaannouncement, a proclaiming or giving a message to, a charge, a commandG3852 →
- Furthermoreloiponremaining, the rest, hereafter, for the future, henceforth, at last, already, for the…G3063 →
- fornicationporneiaillicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse…G4202 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- receivedparalambanōto take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self, an associate, a companion…G3880 →
- beseecherōtaōto question, to ask, to request, entreat, beg, beseechG2065 →
- abstainapechomaito hold one s self off, refrain, abstainG567 →
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