1 Thessalonians 4:3

The Text-Critical English New Testament

It is God's will that you be sanctified, that you abstain from fornication,

Cross References

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false testimony, and slander.

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, apart from a matter of fornication, makes her commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Mark 3:35

For whoever does the will of God is my brother and my sister and mother.”

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.

John 7:17

If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

Acts 15:20

but that we write to them, telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols, from fornication, from what has been strangled, and from blood.

Acts 15:29

You must abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what has been strangled, and from fornication. If you keep yourselves from these things, you will do well. Farewell.”

Acts 20:32

And now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an allotment among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.’

Romans 1:29

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, evil, covetousness, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and maliciousness. They are gossips,

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may determine what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and become slaves of God, you have fruit that leads to sanctification, and the end result is eternal life.

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God, and in whom we have righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.

1 Corinthians 7:2

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

2 Corinthians 12:21

I fear that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many who have previously sinned and not repented of the impurity, fornication, and sensuality they have practiced.

Galatians 5:19

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: adultery, fornication, impurity, sensuality,

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 6:6

Do not try to please them only when they are watching you, but act like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, from the day we heard this, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore whatever belongs to your earthly nature: fornication, impurity, lust, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers, so that you may stand mature and complete in all the will of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know the commands we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

and that each of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor,

1 Thessalonians 5:18

in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Hebrews 12:16

See to it that there is no fornicator or profane person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for a single meal.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you in every good work so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed must be kept pure, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

1 Peter 1:2

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.

1 Peter 4:2

so as to live his remaining time in the flesh no longer for the evil desires of men, but for the will of God.

1 John 2:17

And the world is passing away along with its lusts, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the sinful, the detestable, the murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their portion is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the fornicators, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.