1 Thessalonians 4:5
Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles who know not God.
Montgomery 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 should learn how to take a wife in purity and honor.
Cross References
Matthew 6:32"For all these are things that the Gentiles are eagerly seeking; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of them all.
Acts 17:23"For as I was passing along and observing your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What you are worshiping in ignorance, this I am proclaiming to you.
Romans 1:24So God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their own bodies;
Romans 1:28And just as they refused to continue to retain God in their knowledge, so did God cast them out to an outcast mind, to do those things which were indecent.
1 Corinthians 15:34Wake up, do justly, cease from sin; for I say to your shame that some of you have no acquaintance with God.
Ephesians 2:12were once upon a time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the covenants of the Promise, without hope and without 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 →