Your sanctification (ο αγιασμος υμων). Found only in the Greek Bible and ecclesiastical writers from αγιαζω and both to take the p…

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification. It is the will or command of God that you should be holy. This does not refer to th…

For.—The word further enforces the appeal to their memory: You know what commandments were given... for this…

Christian holiness requires total abstinence from “sexual immorality” (GK 4518). This word requires a broad definition as including all types of se…

For this is the will of God. This is doctrine of a general nature, from which, as from a fountain, he immediately deduces special admoniti…

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification
Which is another reason to enforce the above exhortation. "San…

To abide in the faith of the gospel is not enough; we must abound in the work of faith.

The rule according to which all should walk and act i…

Previously, the Apostle Paul commended the faithful for their loyalty in the face of trials and for other good practices; here, he warns them to co…