1 Thessalonians 4:1-7

A Life Pleasing to God 1Finally, then, brothers,Or brothers and sisters; also verses 10, 13 we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. 2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3For this is the will of God, your sanctification:Or your holiness that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4that each one of you know how to control his own bodyOr how to take a wife for himself; Greek how to possess his own vessel in holiness and honor, 5not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. 7For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.