1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is the will of God, euen your sanctification, that yee should absteine from fornication:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

For this is the will of God, your sanctification; {that is,} that you abstain from sexual immorality;
- New American Standard Version (1995)

For this is the will of God, `even' your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
- American Standard Version (1901)

For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;
- Basic English Bible

For it is God's will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

For this is [the] will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
- Darby Bible

For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication;
- Douay-Rheims Bible

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: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for 1 Thessalonians 4:3

4:3 Sanctification - Entire holiness of heart and life: particular branches of it are subjoined. That ye abstain from fornication - A beautiful transition from sanctification to a single branch of the contrary; and this shows that nothing is so seemingly distant, or below our thoughts, but we have need to guard against it.