1 Thessalonians 4:3
Strong's Lexicon
For
γάρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

it is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

God’s
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

will
θέλημα (thelēma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2307: An act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires. From the prolonged form of ethelo; a determination, i.e. choice or inclination.

that
Τοῦτο (Touto)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

you
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

should be holy:
ἁγιασμὸς (hagiasmos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 38: From hagiazo; properly, purification, i.e. purity; concretely a purifier.

You
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

must abstain
ἀπέχεσθαι (apechesthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle
Strong's Greek 568: To have in full, be far, it is enough. From apo and echo; to have out, i.e. Receive in full; to keep away, i.e. Be distant.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

sexual immorality;
πορνείας (porneias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4202: Fornication, whoredom; met: idolatry. From porneuo; harlotry; figuratively, idolatry.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

Young's Literal Translation
for this is the will of God—your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality,

New American Standard Bible
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; [that is], that you abstain from sexual immorality;

King James Bible
For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;

New Living Translation
God's will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.

English Standard Version
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

New American Standard Bible
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;

King James Bible
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this is God's will, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality,

International Standard Version
For it is God's will that you be sanctified: You must abstain from sexual immorality.

NET Bible
For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
for this is the will of God -- your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,
















Cross References
Matthew 5:32
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Ephesians 5:17
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

1 Thessalonians 4:2
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 4:1
Furthermore 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.

1 Thessalonians 3:13
To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

1 Thessalonians 4:4
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

1 Thessalonians 4:5
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
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