Discovery Box1 Thessalonians 2:11 
Context2:11 As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,
1 Thessalonians 4:4
Context4:4 that each of you know how to possess his own body 1 in holiness and honor,
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Context5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.
1 tn Grk “to gain [or possess] his own vessel.” “Vessel” is most likely used figuratively for “body” (cf. 2 Cor 4:7). Some take it to mean “wife” (thus, “to take a wife for himself” or “to live with his wife”), but this is less likely. See J. Smith, “1 Thess 4:4 – Breaking the Impasse,” BBR 10 (Fall 2000), who argues that “vessel” in this context is very likely a euphemism for the sexual organs.
