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

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from lewdness.
- Webster's Bible

For this is God's will--your purity of life, that you abstain from fornication;
- Weymouth Bible

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

For this is the wille of God, youre holynesse, that ye absteyne you fro fornycacioun.
- Wycliffe Bible

for this is the will of God -- your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,
- Youngs Literal 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.