1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 - Appeal For Continuing Sanctification
1 It remaineth then, brethren, that we beseech and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, that ye abound therein more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; 4 That every one of you know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in passionate desire, as the Gentiles who know not God. 6 That none circumvent or defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these things, as we have also told you before and testified. 7 For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness. 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man but God; who hath also given you his Holy Spirit.