"For the rest, brothers, we ask you, in the name of JESUS, the LORD, and we urge you, to live in a way that pleases GOD, just as you have learned from us. This you do, but try to do still more. You know the instructions we gave you on behalf of the LORD JESUS: the will of GOD for you is to become holy and not to have unlawful sex.
Let each of you behave toward his wife as a holy and respectful husband, rather than being led by lust, as are pagans, who do not know GOD. In this matter, let no one offend or wrong a brother. The LORD will do justice in all these things, as we have warned and shown you. GOD has called us to live, not in impurity but in holiness, and those who do not heed this instruction disobey, not a human, but GOD, HIMSELF, who gives you HIS Holy Spirit." - 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
(If we have given ourselves to CHRIST, that should surely make our life different from what we lived before. The Jews who accepted baptism had a solid moral basis in the laws of the Old Testament. On the other hand, the pagans had only the moral laws observed in their society. Chastity, among others, was completely foreign to them. They considered occasional sexual relationships a necessity of nature, having nothing to do with moral values.)
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