1 Thessalonians 4:5
and not in the concupiscence of lust, like the rest of the Gentiles who know not God:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
In Context
4and that each one of you might know how to possess his vessel, in sanctity and in honor;
Cross References
Matthew 6:32For, all these things the people of the world seek after. And your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth that all these things are needful to you.
Acts 17:23For, as I was rambling about, and viewing the temples of your worship, I met with an altar, on which was inscribed, TO THE HIDDEN GOD. Him, therefore, whom ye worship while ye know him not, the very same I announce to you.
Romans 1:24For this cause, God gave them up to the filthy lusts of their heart, to dishonor their bodies with them.
Romans 1:28And as they did not determine with themselves to know God, God gave them over to a vain mind; that they might do what they ought not,
1 Corinthians 15:34Let your hearts be righteously excited, and sin not: for there are some, in whom is not the love of God: it is to your shame, I say it.
Ephesians 2:12And ye were, at that time, without the Messiah; and were aliens from the regulations of Israel; and strangers to the covenant of the promise; and were 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 →