1 Thessalonians 4:3

Appeal For Continuing Sanctification

² For you have not forgotten the directions that we gave you on the authority of our Lord Jesus. ³ For this is God's purpose--that you should be pure; abstaining from all immorality; ⁴ Each of you recognizing the duty of taking one woman for his wife, purely and honorably,

Abstain from

Be Holy

Desires of the Flesh

Of the Flesh

Purpose of God

Set Apart

Sexual Immorality

Will of God

Sin

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.

Ephesians 5:3-5

As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ's People,

Ephesians 6:6

Not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had merely to please men, but as slaves of Christ, who are trying to carry out the will of God.

Colossians 1:9

And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you--immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

Each of you recognizing the duty of taking one woman for his wife, purely and honorably,

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May God himself, the giver of peace, make you altogether holy; and may your spirits, souls, and bodies be kept altogether faultless until the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But, Brothers, whom the Lord loves, it is our duty always to thank God about you, for, from the first, God chose you for Salvation through the purifying influence of the Spirit, and your belief in the Truth.

1 Peter 4:2

and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.

John 17:17-19

Consecrate them by the Truth; thy Message is Truth.

Acts 15:29

That you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating the flesh of strangled animals, and from impurity. If you guard yourselves against such things, it will be well with you. Farewell.'

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from the control of Sin, and have become servants to God, the fruit that you reap is an ever-increasing holiness, and the end Immortal Life.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But you, by your union with Christ Jesus, belong to God; and Christ, by God's will, became not only our Wisdom, but also our Righteousness, Holiness, and Deliverance,

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, sends you his greeting. He is a servant of Christ Jesus, and is always most earnest in your behalf in his prayers, praying that you may stand firm, with a matured faith and with a sure conviction of all that is in accordance with God's will.

1 Peter 1:2

and who were chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the consecration of the Spirit, to learn obedience, and to be purified by the sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ, from Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ. May blessing and peace be yours in ever-increasing measure.

Matthew 7:21

Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.

Matthew 12:50

For any one who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts--murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander.

Mark 3:35

Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

John 4:34

"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

John 7:17

If any one has the will to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

Acts 15:20

But we should write to them to abstain from food that has been polluted by being sacrificed to idols, from impurity, from eating the flesh of strangled animals, and from blood.

Acts 20:32

And now I commend you to the Lord and to the Message of his Love--a Message which has the power to build up your characters, and to give you your place among all those who have become Christ's People.

Acts 26:18

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; so that they may receive pardon for their sins, and a place among those who have become God's People, by faith in me.'

Romans 1:29

They reveled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarreling, treachery, malice.

Romans 12:2

Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

1 Corinthians 5:9-11

I told you, in my letter, not to associate with immoral people- -

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God's Kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sodomite,

1 Corinthians 6:13-18

Food exists for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God will put an end to both the one and the other. The body, however, exists, not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

1 Corinthians 7:2

But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.

2 Corinthians 12:21

I am afraid lest, on my next visit, my God may humble me in regard to you, and that I may have to mourn over many who have long been sinning, and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and sensuality, in which they have indulged.

Galatians 5:19

The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these--unchastity, impurity, indecency,

Ephesians 5:26-27

To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise;

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Under all circumstances give thanks to God. For this is his will for you as made known in Christ Jesus.

Titus 2:14

For he gave himself on our behalf, to deliver us from all wickedness, and to purify for himself a People who should be peculiarly his own and eager to do good.

Hebrews 10:36

You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God's will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise.

Hebrews 12:16

Take care that no one becomes immoral, or irreligious like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be honoured by all and the married life be pure; for God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Hebrews 13:21

may God make you perfect in everything that is good, so that you may be able to do his will. May he bring out in us all that is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 John 2:17

And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but he who does God's will remains for ever.

Revelation 21:8

But as for cowards, unbelievers, the degraded, murderers, the impure, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars--their place will be in the burning lake of fire and sulphur. That is the Second Death.'

Revelation 22:15

Outside will be the filthy, the sorcerers, the impure, the murderers, the idolaters, and all who love the false and live it.'