1 Thessalonians 4:3

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

For this is the will of god even that ye shuld be holy and that ye shuld abstayne from fornicacion

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  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 that he hence forwarde shuld lyve as moche tyme as remayneth in the flesshe: not after ye lustes of men but after the will of God.
  • 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 The very God of peace sanctifie you thorow out. And I praye God that youre whole sprete soulse and body be kept fautlesse vnto ye comynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwyse but vnderstonde what the will of the Lorde is
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Mortifie therfore youre membres which are on the erth fornicacio vnclennes vnnaturall lust evyll cocupiscece and coveteousnes which is worshippynge of ydols:
  • 1 Thess 4:4 : 4 that every one of you shuld knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 not wt service in ye eye sight as men pleasars: but as the servautes of Christ doynge ye will of God fro the herte
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And fassion not youre selves lyke vnto this worlde: But be ye chaunged in youre shape by the renuynge of youre wittes that ye maye fele what thynge that good yt acceptable and perfaycte will of god is.
  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bounde to geve thankes alwaye to god for you brethren beloved of the LORde for because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacion thorow sanctifyinge of the sprete and thorowe belevynge the trueth:
  • Eph 5:3-5 : 3 So that fornicacion and all vnclennes or coveteousnes be not once named amonge you as it be commeth saynctes: 4 nether filthynes nether folishe talkyng nether gestinge which are not comly: but rather gevynge of thankes 5 For this ye knowe yt no whormonger other vnclene person or coveteous person which is the worshipper of ymages hath eny inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God.
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 by ye forknowledge of God ye father thorow the sanctifyinge of the sprete vnto obedience and springklinge of the bloud of Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace be multiplyed.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes and let the chamber be vndefiled: for whore kepers and advoutrars god will iudge.
  • Eph 5:26-27 : 26 to sanctifie it and clensed it in the fountayne of water thorow the worde 27 to make it vnto him selfe a glorious congregacion with oute spot or wrynckle or eny soche thinge: but that it shuld be holy and with out blame.
  • Rom 6:22 : 22 But now are ye delivered from synne and made the servauntes of God and have youre frute that ye shuld be sanctifyed and the ende everlastinge lyfe.
  • Gal 5:19 : 19 The dedes of the flesshe are manyfest whiche are these advoutrie fornicacio vnclenes wantannes
  • Matt 7:21 : 21 Not all they that saye vnto me Master Master shall enter in to the kyngdome of heven: but he that dothe my fathers will which ys in heven.
  • John 17:17-19 : 17 Sanctify the wt thy truth. Thy sayinge is truth. 18 As thou dyddest send me into the worlde even so have I sent them into the worlde 19 and for their sakes sanctify I my selfe that they also myght be sanctified thorowe the trueth.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 but yt we write vnto them yt they abstayne them selves fro filthynes of ymages fro fornicacio from straglyd and fro bloude.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 that is to saye that ye abstayne from thinges offered to ymages from bloud from strangled and fornicacion. From which yf ye kepe youre selves ye shall do well. So fare ye well.
  • Acts 20:32 : 32 And now brethren I comende you to God and to the worde of his grace which is able to bylde further and to geve you an inheritaunce amoge all them which are sanctified.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes that they myght turne from darcknes vnto lyght and from the power of Satan vnto God that they maye receave forgevenes of synnes and inheritauce amonge the which are sanctified by fayth in me.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whosoever dothe my fathers will which is in heve the same is my brother suster and mother.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the herte come evyll thoughtis murder breakyng of wedlocke whordo theefte falce witnes berynge blasphemye.
  • Mark 3:35 : 35 For whosoever doeth ye will of God he is my brother my syster and mother.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Iesus sayde vnto them: my meate is to doo the will of him that sent me. And to fynnysshe his worke.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 And vnto him partayne ye in Christ Iesu which of God is made vnto vs wysdome and also rightewesnes and saunctifyinge and redempcion.
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Do ye not remember how that the vnrighteous shall not inheret the kyngdome of God? Be not deceaved. For nether fornicators nether worshyppers of ymages nether whormongers nether weaklinges nether abusars of them selves with the mankynde 10 nether theves nether the coveteous nether dronkardes nether cursed speakers nether pillers shall inheret the kyngdome of God. 11 And soche ware ye verely: but ye are wesshed: ye are sanctified: ye are iustified by the name of the Lorde Iesus and by the sprete of oure God.
  • 1 Cor 6:13-18 : 13 Meates are ordeyned for the belly and the belly for meates: but God shall destroy bothe it and them. Let not the body be applied vnto fornicacion but vnto the Lorde and the Lorde vnto the body. 14 God hath raysed vp the Lorde and shall rayse vs vp by his power. 15 Ether remember ye not that youre bodyes are the members of Christ? Shall I now take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd. 16 Do ye not vnderstonde that he which coupleth him selfe with an harlot is become one body? For two (saith he) shalbe one flesshe. 17 But he that is ioyned vnto the Lorde is one sprete. 18 Fle fornicacion. All synnes that a man dothe are with out ye body. But he yt is a fornicator synneth agaynst his awne body.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 Neverthelesse to avoyde fornicacio let every man have his wyfe: and let every woman have her husbande.
  • 2 Cor 12:21 : 21 I feare lest when I come agayne God brynge me lowe amoge you and I be constrayned to bewayle many of the which have synned all redy and have not repented of the vnclennes fornicacion and wantanes which they haue committed.
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause we also sence the daye we herde of it have not ceasyd prayinge for you and desyringe that ye myght be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdome and spretuall vnderstodynge
  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye have nede of paciece that after ye have done ye will of god ye myght receave the promes.
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 And the worlde vannyssheth awaye and the lust therof: but he that fulfilleth the will of god abydeth ever.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearefull and vnbelevynge and the abhominable and murdrers and whormongers and sorcerers and ydolaters and all lyars shall have their parte in the lake which burnyth with fyre and brymstone which is the seconde deth.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 For without shalbe dogges and inchauters and whormongers and mortherers and ydolaters and whosoever loveth or makith lesynges.
  • Heb 12:16 : 16 and that there be no fornicator or vnclene person as Esau which for one breakfast solde his birthright.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 which gave him silfe for vs to redeme vs from all vnrightewesnes and to pourge vs a peculiar people vnto him silfe fervently geven vnto good workes.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you parfect in all good workes to do his will workynge in you yt which is pleasaut in his syght thorow Iesus christ To whom be prayse for ever whill the worlde endureth Amen.
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In all thinges geve thankes. For this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras the servaut of Christ which is one of you saluteth you and all wayes laboreth fervently for you in prayers that ye maye stonde perfect and full in all that is the will of God.
  • 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 I wrote vnto you in a pistle that ye shuld not company with fornicatours. 10 And I meat not at all of the fornicatours of this worlde ether of the coveteous or of extorsioners ether of the ydolaters: for then must ye nedes have gone out of ye worlde. 11 But now I write vnto you that ye company not togedder yf eny that is called a brother be a fornicator or coveteous or a worshipper of ymages ether a raylar ether a dronkard or an extorcionar: with him that is soche se that ye eate not.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If eny man will do his will he shall knowe of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speake of my selfe.
  • Rom 1:29 : 29 beinge full of all vnrighteous doinge of fornicacio wickednes coveteousnes maliciousnes full of envie morther debate disseyte evill codicioned whisperers

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