that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
in sanctification and honour: "Sanctification" is a process. Progress is gradual, "from one degree of glory to another" (2 Corinthians 3:18). We are always in a state of becoming. We can never really say that we have arrived. The one characteristic feature of the Christian life is change. We are constantly replacing bad habits with new modes of behavior that are more in keeping with our need to "walk worthy of God." Stott is undoubtedly correct in affirming: "Paul lays down two fundamental, practical principles to guide his readers in their sexual behaviour: (a) Sex has a God-given context: heterosexual marriage; (b) Sex has a God-given style: holiness and honour" (82).