1 Thessalonians 4:3 Douay-Rheims

For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication;

Tertullian

c. A.D. 150–220 Patristic

That we should "abstain from fornication," not from marriage; that every one "should know how to possess his vessel in honour." In what way? "Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles.

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A.D. 220 · on 1Thess 4:3 (Against Marcion Book V)

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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