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1 Thessalonians 4:3

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Macedonia was the Roman province in northern Greece where Thessalonica was located, and its churches were among Paul’s earliest European congregations. Paul’s call to holiness in this passage addresses believers living within that Greco-Roman setting, where sexual practices often conflicted with God’s will for sanctified living.

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1 Thessalonians 4:3 mentions Macedonia.

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