1 Thessalonians 4:5
and not for the mere gratification of his passions, like the Gentiles who know nothing of God;
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
In Context
4each of you recognising the duty of taking one woman for his wife, purely and honourably,
Cross References
Matthew 6:32All these are the things for which the nations are seeking, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Acts 17:23For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription — ‘To an Unknown God.’ What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.
Romans 1:24Therefore God abandoned them to impurity, letting them follow the cravings of their hearts, till they dishonoured their own bodies;
Romans 1:28Then, as they would not keep God before their minds, God abandoned them to depraved thoughts, so that they did all kinds of shameful things.
1 Corinthians 15:34Awake to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you.
Ephesians 2:12Remember that you were at that time far from Christ; you were shut out from the citizenship of Israel; you were strangers to the Covenants founded on God’s Promise; you were in the world without hope and without God.
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 →