Verse 3
3. For this To sum up the whole of these commandments.
Will Without the Greek article, a will. So Bengel, “Many are God’s wills or volitions. Acts 13:22.” But it is a very dangerous distinction which some theologians make, (as Barnes here,) between God’s decree or “secret will,” and his commandments or “revealed will;” as if God decreed one thing and commanded its opposite.
Sanctification Holiness; avoidance of evil and practice of good, through the blessed guidance and aid.
Abstain from fornication Which abstain is a particular branch of sanctification; the negative, of which 1 Thessalonians 4:4 gives the positive.
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