1 Thessalonians 4:3

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For this is the will of God, euen youre sanctifienge, that ye shulde absteyne from whordome,

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  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 yt hece forth (as moch tyme as yet remayneth in ye flesh) he shulde not lyue after the lustes of me, but after the wil of God.
  • 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 The very God of peace sanctifye you thorow out. And I praye God, that youre whole sprete, soule & body be kepte blameles vnto ye comynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ.
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherfore be not ye vnwyse, but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is,
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Mortifye therfore youre mebres which are vpon earth, whordome, vnclennes, vnnaturall lust, euell concupiscece, and couetousnes, which is a worshippynge of Idols:
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte, as men pleasers: but as the seruauntes off Christ, doynge the wyll off God from the hert
  • 1 Thess 4:4 : 4 yt euery one of you shulde knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure,
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And fashion not youre selues like vnto this worlde, but be chaunged thorow the renewynge off yor mynde, yt ye maye proue, what thinge that good, yt acceptable, & perfecte wil of God is.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 In the begynnynge of the boke it is written of me, that I shulde fulfill thy wil O my God, & that am I contet to do: yee thy lawe is within my hert.
  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bounde to geue thankes allwaye vnto God for you, brethren be loued of the LORDE, because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacion in the sanctifienge of the sprete and in beleuynge of the trueth,
  • Eph 5:3-5 : 3 As for whordome and all vnclennes, or couetousnes, let it not be named amoge you, as it becommeth sayntes: 4 nether fylthines, ner folish talkynge, ner ieastynge (which are not comly) but rather geuynge of thakes. 5 For be sure, that no whore monger, or vncleane person, or couetous person (which is a worshipper off ymages) hath inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God.
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 acordinge to the foreknowlege of God the father thorow sanctifienge of the sprete, vnto obedience and sprenklynge of the bloude of Iesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied with you.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes, & let ye chamber be vndefyled. For whorekepers and aduouterers God wil iudge.
  • Eph 5:26-27 : 26 to sanctifye it, and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde, 27 to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion, hauynge no spot ner wrynkle, ner eny soch thinge, but that it shulde be holy and without blame.
  • Rom 6:22 : 22 But now that ye be fre from synne, and are become the seruauntes of God, ye haue youre frute that ye shulde be holy: but the ende is euerlastinge life.
  • Gal 5:19 : 19 The dedes of ye flesh are manifest, which are these: Aduoutrye, whordome, vnclenes, wantanes,
  • Matt 7:21 : 21 Not all they that saye vnto me, LORDE LORDE, shall enter in to the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doth the will of my father which ys in heauen.
  • John 17:17-19 : 17 Sanctifye them in thy trueth. Thy worde is the trueth. 18 Like as thou hast sent me in to the worlde, so haue I sent them in to the worlde: 19 and for their sakes I sanctifye my self, that they also maye be sanctifyed in the trueth.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 but to wryte vnto them, that they absteyne them selues from fylthynesse of Idols, from whordome, and from strangled, and bloude.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 That ye absteyne from the offeringes of Idols, and from bloude, and from strangled, and from whordome. From the which yf ye absteyne youre selues, ye shal do well. Fare ye well.
  • Acts 20:32 : 32 And now brethren I commende you vnto God, and to ye worde of his grace, which is mightie to edifye you, and to geue you the enheritaunce amoge all them that are sanctified.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For who soeuer doth ye wyll of my father which is in heaue, the same is my brother, sister and mother.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of ye hert come euell thoughtes murthur, breakynge of wedlocke, whordome theft, false witnesse, blasphemy.
  • Mark 3:35 : 35 For who so euer doth the will of God the same is my brother, and my sister and my mother.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Iesus sayde vnto the: My meate is this, that I do the wyll of him that sent me, and to fynish his worke.
  • Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do the thinge that pleaseth the, for thou art my God: let thy louynge sprete lede me forth vnto the londe of rightuousnesse.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 Of the same are ye also in Christ Iesu, which of God is made vnto vs wyssdome and righteousnes, and sanctifienge and redepcion,
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Knowe ye not that ye vnrighteous shal not inheret the kyngdome of God? Be not disceaued. Nether whoremongers, ner worshippers off ymages, ner breakers off wedlocke, ner weaklinges, nether abusers of them selues with mankynde, 10 ner theues, nether the couetous, ner drokardes, ner cursed speakers, ner extorcioners shal inheret the kyngdome of God. 11 And soch haue some of you bene, but ye are wasshed, ye are sanctified, ye are made righteous by the name of the LORDE Iesus, and by the sprete of oure God.
  • 1 Cor 6:13-18 : 13 Meates are ordeyned for ye bely, & the bely for meates. But God shal destroye both it and them. The body belongeth not vnto whordome, but vnto the LORDE, and the LORDE vnto the body 14 God hath raysed vp the LORDE, and shal rayse vs vp also by his power. 15 Knowe ye not that youre bodies are the mebres of Christ? Shal I now take the membres of Christ, and make them the membres of an harlot? God forbyd. 16 Or do ye not knowe, that he which cleueth vnto an harlot, is one body? For they shalbe two ( sayeth he) in one flesshe. 17 But he that cleueth vnto the LORDE, is one sprete. 18 Fle whordome. All synnes yt a man doth, are without the body. But he that commytteth whordome, synneth agaynst his awne body.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 Neuertheles to avoyde whordome, let euery man haue his awne wife, and let euery woman haue hir awne hussbande.
  • 2 Cor 12:21 : 21 lest whan I come agayne, God bringe me lowe amoge you & lest I be constrayned to bewayle many of the yt haue synned before, & haue not repented ouer ye vnclennesse and whordome, and wantonnes, which they haue comytted.
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause we also, sence the daye yt we herde of it, ceasse not to praye for you, & desyre that ye mighte be fulfylled with the knowlege of his will, in all wyssdome and spirituall vnderstondinge,
  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye haue nede of pacience, that after ye haue done the wil of God, ye mighte receaue the promes.
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof. But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearefull and vnbeleuynge, and the abhominable, and murthurers, and whormongers, and sorcerers, and ydolaters, & all lyars, shal haue their parte in the lake, that burneth with fyre and brymstone, which is the seconde death.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 For without are dogges and inchaunters and whormongers, and mortherers, and ydolaters, and whosoeuer loueth or maketh lesinges.
  • Heb 12:16 : 16 that there be no whoremonger, or vncleane person, as Esau, which for one meate sake solde his byrth righte.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you perfecte in all good workes, to do his wyll, workynge in you that which is pleasaunt in his sighte thorow Iesus Christ, to whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 which gaue him selfe for vs, to redeme vs fro all vnrighteousnes, and to pourge vs to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe, to be feruently geuen vnto good workes.
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 in all thinges be thankfull: for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras a seruaunt of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, & allwaye laboureth feruently for you in prayers, yt ye maye stonde perfecte and full, in all that is the wil of God.
  • 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 I wrote vnto you in the Epistle, that ye shulde haue nothinge to do with whoremogers, 10 & that meant I not at all of the whoremongers of this worlde, ether of the couetous, or of extorcioners, or of the that worshippe ymages, for then must ye nedes haue gone out of the worlde. 11 But now haue I wrytte vnto you, yt ye shulde haue nothinge to do with them: (Namely,) yf there be eny man that is called a brother, and is an whoremonger, or couetous, or a worshipper of ymages, ether a raylar, or a dronkarde, or an extorcioner, with soch shal ye not eate.
  • John 7:17 : 17 Yf eny man wyl do his will, he shal knowe, whether this doctryne be of God, or whether I speake of my self.
  • Rom 1:29 : 29 beynge full of all vnrighteousnes, whordome, wickednes, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuye, murthur, strife, disceate, euell codicioned whisperers,

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    4yt euery one of you shulde knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure,

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    18Fle whordome. All synnes yt a man doth, are without the body. But he that commytteth whordome, synneth agaynst his awne body.

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    1As concernynge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, I answere: It is good for a man not to touche a woman.

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    22Abstayne fro all suspicious thinges.

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