1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in the vile passion of lewdness, as the Gentiles which know not God;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 may know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,
Cross References
Matthew 6:32(for after all these things the heathen seek:) and your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of them all.
Acts 17:23For as I walked about, and attentively viewed the objects of your worship, I found even an altar on which was this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you in ignorance adore, him I preach unto you.
Romans 1:24Wherefore God abandoned them, through the lusts of their own hearts, unto impurity, to dishonour their own bodies by themselves:
Romans 1:28And since they thought not fit to hold the Deity in acknowledgment, God abandoned them to a reprobate mind, to practise deeds unbecoming;
1 Corinthians 15:34Awake as the righteous, and sin not; for some have an ignorance of God: I speak this to your shame.
Ephesians 2:12that ye were at that time without Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and 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 →