In 1Samuel 21:5, it is used in precisely this sense, and in the same context, as well as in 1Peter 3:7. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 English Standard Version (ESV). 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Context. ", In sanctification and honour.--The circumstances in which--almost the means by which--the man may acquire and keep this skilful power over his instrument:--"in a course of self-purification and of self-reverence." So the same Greek verb is used, and mistranslated in our version, in Luke 21:19, "In your patience possess ye your souls. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The passages, however, usually quoted in support of this interpretation from 2Corinthians 4:7, Philo, Barnabas, Lucretius, &c, do not seem quite parallel; for there the word signifies a "vessel," in the sense of a receptacle for containing something; here it is rather "an instrument" or "implement "for doing something. From tino; a value, i.e. It is the great dawn in which we find the promise of our own day. Furthermore, although the quotations from the Targums are certainly to the point, that from St. Peter distinctly points the other way, inasmuch as the wife is called "the weaker vessel of the two," evidently meaning that the husband is also "a vessel." 4 that each one of you know how to control his own body [] in holiness and honor, Thus the body, which of course is chiefly meant here, is not dissociated from the man's personality, as in the fanciful Platonism of Philo, but almost identified with it: the Incarnation has taught us the true dignity of the body. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural. Bible Language English. This usage also is well supported. In, on, among. To possess his vessel.--The word rendered "to possess" should rather be translated, to procure, win, gain possession of. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every. Sometimes they call F16 a woman (Mlwg) , which the gloss says is a "vessel" unfinished. 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. The, the definite article. Acts 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: Romans 9:21-23 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? A vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband). A price, honor. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 KJV. 1 Samuel 21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. But it may be answered that this interpretation does not suit our context; first, because it would be laying an emphatic and binding veto upon celibacy, if "each one" is "to acquire a wife of his own;" secondly, because of the verb "to know," it certainly being no part of a religious man's duty "to know how to procure a wife;" thirdly, because the Greek cannot be translated "a vessel (or wife) of his own," but "his own vessel" (or wife)--literally, the vessel of himself--and to speak of "procuring" the wife who is already one's own seems unmeaning. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Letters: 1 Thessalonians 4:4 That each one of you know how (1 Thess. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor; Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 1 Thes. Everything wears a new face in the light of our Lord's resurrection. 1 Thessalonians 4:4. Version. --1 THESSALONIANS iv. Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular. You. Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive. Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Change Language {{#items}} {{local_title}} Acquire. 13-18. Contemporary ethics, in the Roman and Greek world, was often disposed to condone marital unfaithfulness on the part of husbands, and to view prenuptial unchastity as ἀδιάφορον or at least as a comparatively venial offence, particularly in men ( cf. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 German Bible Alphabetical: a and body control each his holy honor honorable how in is know learn of own possess sanctification should that to vessel way you NT Letters: 1 Thessalonians 4:4 That each one of you know how (1 Thess. That is the eastern light which fills the valley of time with wonderful beams of glory. In favour of (1) it is argued that (while "gaining possession of one's own body" is unintelligible), "acquiring a wife of one's own" is an ordinary Greek expression; that in this context, "a vessel," or "instrument," is an expressive and natural metaphor; that the word was familiar to Hebrew speakers in that sense (e.g., Ahasuerus says of Vashti, in one of the Targums, "My vessel which I use is neither Median nor Persian, but Chaldee"); that St. Peter (1Peter 3:7) uses the word of the wife.