1 Thessalonians 4:3 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

for this is the will of God -- your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

English ASV

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

English Amplified

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,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For this is [the] will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;

English EASY 2024

This is how God wants you to live: as his own people, he wants you to be completely good. So you must not have sex in a way that is wrong.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

God wants you to be holy. He wants you to stay away from sexual sins.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

God wants you to be holy and completely free from sexual immorality.

English God's Word - GW 1995

It is God's will that you keep away from sexual sin as a mark of your devotion to him.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For this is God's will, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality,

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

This is the will of God, your holiness: that you refrain from immorality,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

God wants you to be made holy. He wants you to stay away from sexual sins.

English NIV

It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;

English NKJ 1982

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality;

English NLT

God wants you to be holy, so you should keep clear of all sexual sin.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from fornication;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

God’s will is for you to be set apart for him in holiness and that you keep yourselves unpolluted from sexual defilement.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from unchastity;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For God wants you to be holy and pure and to keep clear of all sexual sin

English Tyndale 1537

For this is the will of God, which is your sanctifying, (even that ye should be holy, and) that ye should abstain from fornication,(whoredom)

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