1 Thessalonians 4:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: ”

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification - It is the will or command of God that you should be holy. This does not refer to the purpose or decree of God, and does not mean that he in...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) For this is the will of God, [even] your (b) sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: (2) This is the sum of those things which he delivered to them, to dedicate themselves wholl...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Practical Exhortations to Purity of Life and Brotherly Love. The Church at Thessalonica has begun well and is encouraged to go forward. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 . abound: 1 Thessalonians 3:12 *....
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

will . App-102. sanctification . Greek. hagiasmos. See Romans 6:19 . abstain . Greek. apechomai. See Acts 15:20 .
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3 For this is the will of God. This is doctrine of a general nature, from which, as from a fountain, he immediately deduces special admonitions. When he says that this is the will of God, h...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: This is the will of God, even your sanctification - God has called you to holiness; he requires that...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For this is the will of God,— For the will of God is, that you should become holy, and abstain from all impurity. The sense of the original word πορνεια, is very general, and extends to all acts...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: For - enforcing the assertion, 1 Thessalonians 4:2 . Since "this is the will of God," let it b...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exhortation to Purity and Brotherly Love. The Second Advent 1. 'You are already walking in the right path. I want you to advance in it more and more.' 3, 4. Translate, 'For this is a thing will...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For. — The word further enforces the appeal to their memory: “Ye know what commandments... for this (you will recollect) is what God wants;” “a commandment given through the Lord Jesus,” being,...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 9 PERSONAL PURITY 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 (R.V.) THE "finally" with which this chapter opens is the beginning of the end of the Epistle. The personal matter which has hitherto occupied u...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Called to Sanctification 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 The first paragraph of this chapter exhorts to purity, the second to industry, the third to expectation of the Second Advent. But the three are cl...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At this point in his letter the apostle turned to exhortation. Timothy's report concerning the Thessalonians' condition had indicated that they needed some words of kindly warning. The first subject...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. (2) For ye...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD’S WILL FOR THE CHRISTIAN ‘This is the will of God, even your sanctification.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:3 These nine words have an interest all their own; but taken in their immediate connection...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification ,.... Which is another reason to enforce the above exhortation. "Sanctification" is internal or external. Internal sanctification is the work of...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: Ver. 3. For this is the will of God ] This is his prescribing will, which we must obey; as we mus...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For As we solemnly assured you, and charged you to keep continually in remembrance; this is the will of God, your sanctification That, as God hath chosen us from the rest of the world to be a peo...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The end of Chapter 3 has encouraged their abounding love. Here the apostle adds to this the entreaty that they abound in obedience. No amount of love can make up for a disobedient walk, for love and...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortations to Holiness; Caution against Impurity. A. D. 51. 1 Furthermore then we beseech yo...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What in the former verse he called commandments from Christ, he here calls the will of God; or he had some further duties to lay before them, which he had not yet given commandments about, which we...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you abstain from fornication, that each of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honour, not in the pass...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 4:1 . And to please God, so ye would abound more and more. —R.V. inserts “even as ye do walk after God.” 1 Thessalonians 4:2 . What commandments...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 4:1 . We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us the moral maxims of life and conduct, not only in word but also in writing, how ye...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—With this chapter the second portion of the Epistle—its practical application-commences. The apostle exhorts and entreats the Thessalonians to make progress in the Christi...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning Regarding Various Sins. Concerning concupiscence:
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:30 ; 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 ; 1 Corinthians 6:10 ; 1 Corinthians 6:11 ; 1 Corinthians 6:13-18 ; 1 Corinthians 6:9 ; 1 Corinthians 7:2 ; 1 John 2:17 ; 1 Peter 1:2 ; 1 Peter 4:2...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Sanctification 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:15-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean that we should steer clear of God'...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sanctification — Entire holiness of heart and life: particular branches of it are subjoined. That ye abstain from fornication — A beautiful transition from sanctification to a single branch of the...

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes