1 Thessalonians 4:4

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that each one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,

Cross References

Acts 9:15

Then the Lord said to him: "Go, for this one is an instrument chosen by me to convey my name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

Romans 1:24

For this reason, God handed them over to the desires of their own heart for impurity, so that they afflicted their own bodies with indignities among themselves.

Romans 12:1

And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind.

Romans 6:19

I am speaking in human terms because of the infirmity of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of your body to serve impurity and iniquity, for the sake of iniquity, so also have you now yielded the parts of your body to serve justice, for the sake of sanctification.

1 Corinthians 6:15

Do you not know that your bodies are a part of Christ? So then, should I take a part of Christ and make it a part of a harlot? Let it not be so!

1 Corinthians 7:2

But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:9

But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us.

Philippians 4:8

Concerning the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is chaste, whatever is just, whatever is holy, whatever is worthy to be loved, whatever is of good repute, if there is any virtue, if there is any praiseworthy discipline: meditate on these.

Hebrews 13:4

May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

1 Peter 3:7

Similarly, you husbands should live with them in accord with knowledge, bestowing honor on the female as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the life of grace, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

1 Samuel 21:5

And David responded to the priest, and said to him: "Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels."