1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in passionate desire, as the Gentiles do, who know not God;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
In Context
4That each one of you know how to keep his vessel in sanctification and in honor,
Cross References
Matthew 6:32For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
Acts 17:23For as I was passing through, and looking attentively at the objects of your worship, I dis covered also an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him I make known to you.
Romans 1:24For which reason God delivered them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, that they might dishonor their bodies among themselves;
Romans 1:28And as they refused to acknowledge God, God delivered them up to an undiscerning mind, to do detestable things;
1 Corinthians 15:34Awake, as you should, to soberness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
Ephesians 2:12that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the community of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and having no God in the world:
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:2-9
Exhortations to Holiness; Caution against Impurity. ( a. d. 51.) 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust… Read the whole commentary →