1 Thessalonians 4:3,5
1 Thessalonians 4:1-3 The Message (MSG)
One final word, friends. We ask you—urge is more like it—that you keep on doing what we told you to do to please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a living, spirited dance. You know the guidelines we laid out for you from the Master Jesus. God wants you to live a pure life. Keep yourselves from sexual promiscuity.
1 Thessalonians 4:4-5 The Message (MSG)
Learn to appreciate and give dignity to your body, not abusing it, as is so common among those who know nothing of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 King James Version (KJV)
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication
1 Thessalonians 4:5 King James Version (KJV)
not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God
1 Thessalonians 4:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality
1 Thessalonians 4:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God
1 Thessalonians 4:3 New Century Version (NCV)
God wants you to be holy and to stay away from sexual sins.
1 Thessalonians 4:5 New Century Version (NCV)
Don’t use your body for sexual sin like the people who do not know God.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication
1 Thessalonians 4:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God
1 Thessalonians 4:3 New International Version (NIV)
It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality
1 Thessalonians 4:5 New International Version (NIV)
not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God
1 Thessalonians 4:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality
I Thessalonians 4:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God
1 Thessalonians 4:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For this is the will of God, that you be sanctified [separated and set apart from sin]: that you abstain and back away from sexual immorality
1 Thessalonians 4:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
not [to be used] in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God and are ignorant of His will
1 Thessalonians 4:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.
1 Thessalonians 4:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 The Passion Translation (TPT)
God’s will is for you to be set apart for him in holiness and that you keep yourselves unpolluted from sexual defilement.
1 Thessalonians 4:5 The Passion Translation (TPT)
not yielding to lustful passions like those who don’t know God.