Verse Comparison: 1 Thessalonians 4:3
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For this is the will of God, `even' your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;Amplified® Bible
For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain {and} shrink from all sexual vice,Contemporary English Version
God wants you to be holy, so don't be immoral in matters of sex.Darby English Version
For this is [the] will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;Good News Bible
God wants you to be holy and completely free from sexual immorality.International Standard Version
For it is God's will that you be sanctified: You must abstain from sexual immorality;King James Version
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:New American Standard Bible
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; {that is,} that you abstain from sexual immorality;New International Version
It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;New King James Version
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality;N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For God wills, your sanctification; namely, that you abstain from sexual immorality;Young's Literal Translation
for this is the will of God -- your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,
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