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Forγάρthisτοῦτοisἐστινthe willθέλημαof God,τοῦ θεοῦyourὑμῶνsanctification:ὁ ἁγιασμὸςthat youὑμᾶςabstainἀπέχεσθαιfromἀπὸsexual immorality;τῆς πορνείας
1 Thessalonians 4:3
Study it in the app“For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;”
God's will: live apart from sexual immorality, with honorPurity
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 4:3, word by word
- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the willθέλημαthelēma
will
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēma” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- sanctificationἁγιασμὸςhagiasmos
sanctification
Sanctification: being set apart for God and made holy.
Where else “hagiasmos” appears- abstainἀπέχεσθαιapechesthai
abstain
To keep away from something.
Where else “apechesthai” appears- sexual immoralityπορνείαςporneias
sexual immorality
Having sex outside marriage.
Where else “porneias” appears
The context
2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 · This verse (above)
4that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,