1 Thessalonians 4:5
Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles that know not God:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
In Context
4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour:
Cross References
Matthew 6:32For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.
Acts 17:23For passing by, and seeing your idols, I found an altar also, on which was written: To the unknown God. What therefore you worship, without knowing it, that I preach to you:
Romans 1:24Wherefore God gave them up to the desires of their heart, unto uncleanness, to dishonour their own bodies among themselves.
Romans 1:28And as they liked not to have God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate sense, to do those things which are not convenient;
1 Corinthians 15:34Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God, I speak it to your shame.
Ephesians 2:12That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel, and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and 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 →