Bible Dictionaries
Vessel

　　Though the drift of the passage ‘That each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honour’ (1 Thessalonians 4:4) is clear, the exact meaning to be attached to ‘vessel’ (Ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν. But this interpretation forces an unnatural meaning on ἡμεῖς αὐτὸ κτώμεθα, ἁμαρτία. But this meaning does not fit in with Jul. IV. x. 56). With this agree Schott, de Wette, and many German commentators, and, among English, Alford, Jowett, and Ellicott. Lightfoot seems unable to decide.

　　Hence neither word presents any difficulty, as ); διὰ δὲ τὰς πορνείας ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω. The objection which has been raised, that the injunction would thus be made to apply to men only, is not serious, for, as is often the case, the corresponding obligation on the part of the woman is implied. Lightfoot considers it a more serious objection that by using such an expression as κτᾶσθαι, but it must not be overlooked that many names of weight are in favour of the first.

　　Morley Stevenson.