1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in the passion of lust, like the heathens who know not God.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
In Context
4and that every one of you should possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,
Cross References
Matthew 6:32(things which the heathens are so inquisitive after) for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these.
Acts 17:23for as I was passing along, and looking at what ye worshipped, I found an altar on which there was inscribed, "To the unknown God." Whom therefore ye worship unknown, Him do I declare unto you.
Romans 1:24Wherefore God also gave them up to impurity, in the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies among themselves;
Romans 1:28And as they were not careful to acknowledge God, God gave them up to an undiscerning mind to do things that were not fit to be done:
1 Corinthians 15:34Behave soberly, as ye ought to do, and sin not: for some of you have not the knowledge of God; to your shame I speak it.
Ephesians 2:12and ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus,
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 →