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Source language
Original Greek   
τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ὑμῶν, ἀπέχεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς πορνείας,
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
touto gar estin thelema tou theou, o agiasmos umon, apekhesthai umas apo tes porneias,

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
haec est enim voluntas Dei sanctificatio vestra

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For this is the will of God: your holiness, and that you be separate from all fornication,
Darby Bible Translation   
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication;
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;
God's Word   
It is God's will that you keep away from sexual sin as a mark of your devotion to him.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For this is God's will, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality,
International Standard Version   
For it is God's will that you be sanctified: You must abstain from sexual immorality.
NET Bible   
For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,
New American Standard Bible   
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
New International Version   
It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;
New Living Translation   
God's will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from lewdness.
Weymouth New Testament   
For this is God's will--your purity of life, that you abstain from fornication;
The World English Bible   
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,