1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in the passion of lust, as indeed the Gentiles who do not know God;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,
Cross References
Matthew 6:32For after all these things the heathen were seeking; for your heavenly Father knoweth that you need all these things.
Acts 17:23For going through, and seeing your devotions, I also found an altar on which it was superscribed, To THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore I now preach unto you Him whom you are ignorantly worshiping.
Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them up, in the lusts of their hearts, to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves:
Romans 1:28And as they did not approve to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are inappropriate;
1 Corinthians 15:34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak to your shame.
Ephesians 2:12because you were at that time without Christ, being alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers of the covenants of the promise, having no hope and being atheists 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 →