Analysis, exegesis and theology of the 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8: sanctification as abstinence from fornication and avarice

Te purpose of this article is to explain the preconditions, origins, and applications of early Christian moral counsels in the theology of St. Paul based on an exegetical analysis of the first eight verses of the fourth chapter of I Tessalonians. Te author relies on the best modern dictionaries of New Testament Greek as well as on exegetical works of the well-known scholars of the 20th century