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1 Thessalonians 4:3-12
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What God wants is that you be holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,
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that each of you know how to manage his sexual impulses in a holy and honorable manner,
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without giving in to lustful desires, like the pagans who don’t know God.
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No one should wrong his brother in this matter or take advantage of him, because the Lord punishes all who do such things — as we have explained to you before at length.
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For God did not call us to live an unclean life but a holy one.
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Therefore, whoever rejects this teaching is rejecting not a man but God, indeed, the One who gives you the Ruach HaKodesh, which is his.
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Concerning love for the brothers we do not need to write you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other;
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and you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do it even more.
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Also, make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own business and to earn your living by your own efforts — just as we told you.
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Then your daily life will gain the respect of outsiders, and you will not be dependent on anyone.
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