1 Thessalonians 4:3,6
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 4:6-7 The Message (MSG)
Don’t run roughshod over the concerns of your brothers and sisters. Their concerns are God’s concerns, and he will take care of them. We’ve warned you about this before. God hasn’t invited us into a disorderly, grungy life but into something holy and beautiful—as beautiful on the inside as the outside.
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 4:6 King James Version (KJV)
that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
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 4:6 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
and that no man transgress and defraud his brother in the matter because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you before and solemnly warned you.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 New Century Version (NCV)
God wants you to be holy and to stay away from sexual sins.
1 Thessalonians 4:6 New Century Version (NCV)
Also, do not wrong or cheat another Christian in this way. The Lord will punish people who do those things as we have already told you and warned you.
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 4:6 American Standard Version (ASV)
that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
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 4:6 New International Version (NIV)
and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before.
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 4:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.
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 4:6 Amplified Bible (AMP)
and that [in this matter of sexual misconduct] no man shall transgress and defraud his brother because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we have told you before and solemnly warned you.
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 4:6 New Living Translation (NLT)
Never harm or cheat a fellow believer in this matter by violating his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.
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 4:6 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Never take selfish advantage of a brother or sister in this matter, for we’ve already told you and solemnly warned you that the Lord is the avenger in all these things.