1 Now then, brothers and sisters, because of the Lord Jesus we ask and encourage you to excel in living a God-pleasing life even more than you already do. Do this the way we taught you.
2 You know what orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 It is God’s will that you keep away from sexual sin as a mark of your devotion to him.
4 Each of you should know that finding a husband or wife for yourself is to be done in a holy and honorable way,
5 not in the passionate, lustful way of people who don’t know God.