1 Thessalonians 4:3
New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
ἁγιασμός
hagiasmós
properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier
זָנָה
zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...
Key Terms in This Verse
ἁγιασμός hagiasmós
properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier
Study G38 →זָנָה zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of ...
Study H2181 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the t...
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst...
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t...
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
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