1 Thessalonians 4:3

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

Cross References (44)

  • 1 Peter 4:2 (34)

    Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

  • Romans 12:2 (31)

    Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and ap

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (29)

    Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless a

  • Hebrews 13:4 (26)

    Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adult

  • Colossians 3:5 (22)

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and gre

  • Ephesians 5:17 (22)

    Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

  • Ephesians 5:3–5 (19)

    But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impu

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:4 (19)

    each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

  • Galatians 5:19 (16)

    The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

  • 1 John 2:17 (15)

    The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

  • Revelation 21:8 (13)

    But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and al

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (13)

    But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to

  • Matthew 7:21 (13)

    Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 (12)

    Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, n

  • Ephesians 5:26–27 (12)

    to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

  • John 17:17–19 (12)

    Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:13–18 (12)

    “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual imm

  • Hebrews 10:36 (11)

    You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

  • Acts 15:29 (11)

    You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorali

  • Ephesians 6:6 (11)

    And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your

  • 1 Corinthians 7:2 (11)

    But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

  • Psalms 40:8 (10)

    I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

  • Psalms 143:10 (10)

    Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (10)

    Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

  • Mark 3:35 (9)

    For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

  • 1 Corinthians 5:9–11 (8)

    I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

  • Matthew 15:19 (8)

    For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

  • Matthew 12:50 (8)

    For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

  • 1 Peter 1:2 (8)

    according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkli

  • 2 Corinthians 12:21 (8)

    I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned ea

  • Colossians 1:9 (7)

    For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with t

  • Acts 26:18 (7)

    to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may recei

  • Titus 2:14 (7)

    He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zeal

  • Hebrews 13:21 (7)

    equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus

  • 1 Corinthians 1:30 (7)

    It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, a

  • John 4:34 (7)

    Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

  • Hebrews 12:16 (6)

    See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

  • Acts 15:20 (6)

    Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of

  • Colossians 4:12 (6)

    Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you

  • Acts 20:32 (6)

    And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all w

  • John 7:17 (6)

    If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

  • Romans 6:22 (6)

    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and th

  • Romans 1:29 (6)

    They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife

  • Revelation 22:15 (5)

    But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and