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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

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3 God wants you to live a pure life. Keep yourselves from sexual promiscuity.
3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;
4 Learn to appreciate and give dignity to your body,
4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable,
5 not abusing it, as is so common among those who know nothing of God.
5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;
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