1 Thessalonians 4:3

In 9 translations

BSB

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

for this is the will of God—your sanctification: that you abstain from the whoredom,

YLT

for this is the will of God — your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

For this is the will of God euen your sanctification, and that ye should abstaine from fornication,

Word by word Greek · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT

τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ὑμῶν, ἀπέχεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς πορνείας,

RP2018

Τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ὑμῶν, ἀπέχεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς πορνείας·

TR-Boyd

Τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ὑμῶν, ἀπέχεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς πορνείας·

SCR1894

τουτο γαρ εστιν θελημα του θεου ο αγιασμος υμων απεχεσθαι υμας απο της πορνειας

Who and where

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 4:2Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
• Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
• Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
• Ephesians 5:17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
• Ephesians 5:3–5But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of…
• Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
• 1 John 2:17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9–11Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor…
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
• 1 Corinthians 6:13–18“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. By His power God raised the Lord from the…
• Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
• Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
• Acts 15:29You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).