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1 Thessalonians 4:3-4

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[3] For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, [4] that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

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Macedonia was the Roman province in northern Greece where Thessalonica, a leading port city, was located. Paul wrote to the Thessalonian believers there, urging holy conduct—including sexual purity—as fitting for a church living amid a pagan urban culture.

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