1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

A Life Pleasing to God

3 God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. 4 Then each of you will control his own body 1 and live in holiness and honor - 5 not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways. 6 Never harm or cheat a Christian brother in this matter by violating his wife, 2 for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before. 7 God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives. 8 Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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