1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in passions of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God,
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,
Cross References
Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles seek all these things. Yet your Father knows that you need all these things.
Acts 17:23For as I was passing by and noticing your idols, I also found an altar, on which was written: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this is what I am preaching to you:
Romans 1:24For this reason, God handed them over to the desires of their own heart for impurity, so that they afflicted their own bodies with indignities among themselves.
Romans 1:28And since they did not prove to have God by knowledge, God handed them over to a morally depraved way of thinking, so that they might do those things which are not fitting:
1 Corinthians 15:34Be vigilant, you just ones, and do not be willing to sin. For certain persons have an ignorance of God. I say this to you with respect.
Ephesians 2:12and that you were, in that time, without Christ, being foreign to the way of life of Israel, being visitors to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and being without God in this 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 →