1 Thessalonians 4:3–4

3 It is God’s willy that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;z 4 that each of you should learn to control your own bodya a in a way that is holy and honorable,

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

3 God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. 4 Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor—

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

3 God wants you to be holy and to stay away from sexual sins. 4 He wants each of you to learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable.

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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 honor,

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication; 4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

3 It is God’s will that you keep away from sexual sin as a mark of your devotion to him. 4 Each of you should know that finding a husband or wife for yourself is to be done in a holy and honorable way,

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

3 For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality, 4 so that each of you knows how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from fornication; 4 that each one of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor,

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

3 God wants you to be made holy. He wants you to stay away from sexual sins. 4 He wants all of you to learn to control your own bodies. You must live in a way that is holy. You must live with honor.

1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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

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

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y	Eph 5:17
z	1 Co 6:18
a	Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
a	1 Co 7:2 1 Co 7:9