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1 Thessalonians 4:2-4
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 Thessalonians 4:2-4
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
2 For you know what commands we gave to you through the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God: your holiness[a]— that you be abstaining[b] from sexual-immorality; 4 that each of you know-how to acquire[c] control of his own vessel[d] in holiness and honor,
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or, sanctification.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or, keeping away, avoiding, holding back.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or, get, obtain, procure, gain.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 That is, his own body. In this case, Paul is referring to self-mastery with regard to sexual desires, and ‘each of you’ means ‘all of you’ all the time. Or, ‘acquire his own vessel’; that is, his own wife. In this case Paul is referring to premarital purity, and ‘each of you’ means ‘the unmarried’.
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