1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 For, this, is a thing willed of God, your sanctification,–

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ For, this, is a thing willed of God, your sanctification,––that ye should abstain from unchastity, ⁴ That ye should know, each one of you, how, of his own vessel, to possess himself in sanctification and honour: ⁵ Not with a passion of coveting,––just as even the nations who know not God,–– ⁶ Not over–reaching and defrauding, in the matter, his brother; because, an avenger, is the Lord, concerning all these things,––even as we before told you, and solemnly called you to witness. ⁷ For God did not call us, with a permission of impurity, but, in sanctification.