004:003 For this is God's will—your purity of life, that you
abstain from fornication;
004:004 that each man among you shall know how to procure a wife
who shall be his own in purity and honour;
004:005 that you be not overmastered by lustful cravings, like the Gentiles
who have no knowledge of God;
004:006 and that in this matter there be no encroaching on the rights of a brother Christian and no overreaching him. For the Lord is an avenger in all such cases, as we have already taught you and solemnly warned you.
004:007 God has not called us to an unclean life, but to one of purity.
004:008 Therefore a defiant spirit in such a case provokes not man but God, who puts His Holy Spirit into your hearts.
004:009 But on the subject of love for the brotherhood it is unnecessary for me to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;
004:010 and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. And we exhort you to do so more and more,
004:011 and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do:
004:012 so as to live worthy lives in relation to outsiders, and not be a burden to any one.