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God's Will is Your Holiness
Commentators agree that God's will for believers extends beyond initial salvation to 'sanctification'—a lifelong process of being made holy. This involves both an internal renewal by the Holy Spirit and an external life of purity. Scholars like A.T. Robertson note this was a radical concept, as pagan religions of the time did not connect consecration to a god with personal moral holiness.
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1 Thessalonians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Thessalonians 4:3
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On 1 Thessalonians 4:3
Your sanctification (ο αγιασμος υμων). Found only in the Greek Bible and ecclesiastical writers from αγιαζω and both to take the p…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Thessalonians 4:3
19th Century
Bishop
For.—The word further enforces the appeal to their memory: You know what commandments were given... for this…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Thessalonians 4:3
Christian holiness requires total abstinence from “sexual immorality” (GK 4518). This word requires a broad definition as including all types of se…
John Calvin
On 1 Thessalonians 4:3
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On 1 Thessalonians 4:3
17th Century
Pastor
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification
Which is another reason to enforce the above exhortation. "San…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8
17th Century
Minister
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…