But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
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ἀπέχομαι
G567 · apéchomai · ap-ekh'-om-ahee · Greek
Strong’s definition
to hold oneself off, i.e. refrain
KJV usage
:--abstain.
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Mapped occurrences
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;